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What is the formation of an ion from a metal and a nonmetal in terms of the octet rule?
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Atoms of metals tend to lose their valence electrons,leaving a complete octect in the next-lowest energy level. Atoms of some non-metals tend to gain electrons or to share electrons with another nonmetal to achieve a complete octet.
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Is magnesium sulphate a metal or non metal?
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When a metal atom combines with a nonmetal atom the nonmetal atom will?
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It would actually be metal, metalloid, and nonmetals!!! :)
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Steel is a metal or non metal?
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Is aluminum oxide metal or a non metal?
Aluminium Oxide is not a metal. Nor is it a non-metal. It is a compound formed from a metal [Aluminium] and a non-metal [Oxygen] The terms metal and non-metal are reserved for the elements that appear on the Periodic Table.
Is magnesium fluoride a metal or non-metal?
Magnesium chloride is a chemical compound and is therefore not a metal. It is ionic and is not metallic in its properties. Non-metal usually refers to elements.
Is magnesium a metal or a non-metal after it is burned?
Magnesium is a metal. When it burns it forms compounds, to which the terms metal and nonmetal are generally not applied.
