Sulfur hexafluoride
A Fluorine atom has an atomic number of 9. Draw out the electron shell diagram for Fluorine. Is a Fluorine atom more likely to gain, lose or share electrons to fill its valence shell?
A compound.
Fluorine and bromine have 7 valence electrons and hence their properties are similar. Neon has 8 valence electrons and the properties are different from that of fluorine.
They Share Electrons
Fluorine has 7 valence electrons. In order to become stable, Florine will share 1 electron with another atom to get 8 electron and become stable.
The compound name of a sulfur atom and six fluorine atoms that share electrons is Sulfur hexafluoride.
Fluorine has a stronger attraction to electrons than any other element, so when it bonds to another element that element is going to either donate electrons to the fluorine, or share electrons with fluorine getting the disproportionate share.
Assuming that "flourine" is intended to be "fluorine", the answer is no. Both carbon and fluorine are unlikely to be electron donors and therefore form a covalent bond instead, so that both of these non metals can share electrons.
The molecule SF4 doesn't have eight electrons like most atoms, it can expand the octet because sulfur has 6 valence electrons and each fluorine only needs one electron to share with sulfur so that leaves to remainder.
A Fluorine atom has an atomic number of 9. Draw out the electron shell diagram for Fluorine. Is a Fluorine atom more likely to gain, lose or share electrons to fill its valence shell?
covalent compound is formed by the sharing of electrons whereas ionic compound is formed by the transfer of electrons.
It is a covalent: The sulfur "shares" an electron with each of the 6 fluorine atoms. The sulfur's outer shell is expanded and has 12 electrons. This website explains covalent boning and uses SF6 as an example. http:/sixthsense.osfc.ac.uk/chemistry/bonding/covalent.asp Good luck!
well sulfur dioxide is a covalent compound so the sulfur atoms and the oxygen atoms share valence electrons. This is because all three atoms must try to have an octet, and with only 18 total valence electrons this must be done through sharing. So to become sulfur dioxide, the valence electrons on the oxygen atoms must be shared with the valence electrons on the sulfur atom.
Atoms in a covalent compound share the electrons.
A fluorine atom forms a covalent bond with another fluorine atom to produce the fluorine molecule which is gaseous at room temperature.
Covalent compounds occur when atoms share the electrons. Another type of compound is an ionic compound in which electrons are donated from one atom to another. An example of a covalent compound is hydrogen chloride.
A compound.