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How do the outer electrons in metal atoms differ from the outer electrons in nonmetal atoms?
Those electrons are called the valence electrons. They are the ones that can be transferred and form bonds with other atoms.
What is an ion and what happens to electrons when ions are formed?
An ion is an atom with a net electric charge. An ion is formed when an atom either gains or loses a valence electron. Atoms with an unfilled outer shell tend to gain or lose electrons so they can achieve a filled outer shell. Atoms that gain an electron are negative ions, and atoms that lose an electron are positive ions.
What does atoms tend to gain lose or share electrons so as to have 8 electrons?
A completely filled shell of electrons has 8 electrons.
Do atoms tend to lose or gain electrons?
When they attempt to stabilize themselves. For atoms to be stable they have to have a full outer shell of electrons and so they gain electrons to fill the current outer shell, or lose electrons in order for next shell in (which is full) to be the outer shell.
What do non metals do to achieve a full outer electron Shell?
The nonmetals usually gain or share however many electrons they need to complete their outer shell. Metals tend to lose the electrons in their outer shell, so that one of the inner shells essentially becomes the outer shell.
Why do some atoms gain electrons while other atoms lose electrons during ionic bonding?
The most stable electron configuration for any atom is to have a complete outer shell. For the smallest atoms, that can be no electrons at all (for H+) since no shell is equivalent to a complete shell, or just two electrons in the outer shell, such as for a helium atom, but for most elements that means 8 electrons in the outer shell. We then have atoms which have five or more electrons in their outer shell and therefore need three or less to complete their shell, and they tend to gain electrons because it is easier to gain three than it is to lose five. Similarly, there are atoms with three or fewer electrons in their outer shell, and they tend to lose electrons because it is easier to lose three than it is to gain five. In the middle we have an atom such as carbon, with four electrons it its outer shell; it can gain or lose electrons with equal ease.
How do the outer electrons in metal atoms differ from the outer electrons in nonmetal atoms?
Those electrons are called the valence electrons. They are the ones that can be transferred and form bonds with other atoms.
What is a chemical bond formed by?
Chemical bonds are formed by sharing of electrons between two atoms. Atoms tend to achieve electronic configuration of their respective inert gases i.e. in the outer shell they need to have 8 electrons. e.g. Sodium has 1 electron in the outer shell by donating it it is left with electronic configuration of 2, 8. and Chlorine which has 7 electrons in its outer shell receives 1 electron and gets electronic configuration 2,8,8. Between Sodium and Chlorine ionic bond is formed and NaCl is produced. Chemical bonds are formed by sharing of electrons between two atoms. Atoms tend to achieve electronic configuration of their respective inert gases i.e. in the outer shell they need to have 8 electrons. e.g. Sodium has 1 electron in the outer shell by donating it it is left with electronic configuration of 2, 8. and Chlorine which has 7 electrons in its outer shell receives 1 electron and gets electronic configuration 2,8,8. Between Sodium and Chlorine ionic bond is formed and NaCl is produced.
What is an ion and what happens to electrons when ions are formed?
An ion is an atom with a net electric charge. An ion is formed when an atom either gains or loses a valence electron. Atoms with an unfilled outer shell tend to gain or lose electrons so they can achieve a filled outer shell. Atoms that gain an electron are negative ions, and atoms that lose an electron are positive ions.
Why do atoms react?
Atoms react to gain more stability and each element tend to obey octet rule. One atom react with other atoms and form different type of bonds either by complete transfer of electrons or by sharing of electrons, thereby trying to gain more stability by obeying octet rule.
What does atoms tend to gain lose or share electrons so as to have 8 electrons?
A completely filled shell of electrons has 8 electrons.
Do atoms whose outer elecron shells contain eight electrons tend to form ionic bonds in aqueous solutions?
Atoms with outer electron shells that contain 8 electrons tend to be stable and chemically in reactive, or inert.
Do non-metals form a stable outer electron configuration by losing electrons and becoming anions?
NO. Nonmetals tend to GAIN electrons to complete their outer shell. By gaining electrons, they become a negatively charged species, which is what an anion is. Metals tend to LOSE electrons to end up with a full outer shell; in losing electrons, they develop a positive charge (become cations).
Which answer helps to explain why carbon atoms tend to make 4 covalent bonds?
Carbon has 4 electrons in its outer shell - making four bonds would give it the octet.
How with 5 valence electrons will achieve a full set of valence electrons?
If you're asking how will an atom with 5 valence electrons will achieve a full set of valence electrons, then the answer would be that they bond with other atoms to gain a full set of the valence electrons by sharing or gaining 3 electrons.
Atoms of metals do what with electrons to become stable while atoms nonmetals tend to do what to electrons to become stable?
Choices: a) eject, retain B) lose, gain c) retain,gain d) gain, lose e) lose, retain
Which elements having the most stable electron configuration?
The most stable configuration is when the entire shell is full (noble gas configuration). Next best is when a specific orbital (s, p, d, f, etc.) is completely full, even if the shell is not complete. Next best after that is when a specific orbital is exactly half full.All atoms would like to attain electron configurations like noble gases, i.e., have completed outer shells. Atoms can form stable electron configurations like noble gases by losing electrons, gaining electrons and sharing electrons. For a stable configuration each atom must fill its outer energy level. In the case of noble gases there will be eight electrons in the valence (outer most) shell (with the exception of He which has two electrons). Atoms that have 1, 2 or 3 electrons in their outer levels will tend to lose them in interactions with atoms that have 5, 6 or 7 electrons in their outer levels. Atoms that have 5, 6 or 7 electrons in their outer levels will tend to gain electrons from atoms with 1, 2 or 3 electrons in their outer levels. Atoms that have 4 electrons in the outer most energy level will tend neither to totally lose nor totally gain electrons during interactions and thus they tend to share electrons.
