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What type of elements gain and loose electrons as they form bonds?
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Metals lose electrons, nonmetals gain electrons.
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When metals react with other elements do the atoms of the metals gain or lose?
Metals are likely to make anions. So they lose electrons to get a positive charge. The other elements gain electrons and get negatively charged.
Why is it easier for group 14 elements in the periodic table to become stable instead of transferring electrons?
Group-14 elements do not transfer electrons. They share electrons to form covalent bonds.
How do elements form chemical bonds?
they trade and share electrons, depending on how many are in there outer shell.
Which type of elements gain electrons when they form bonds?
It is done by Non-metals and metalloids.They form anions
What element can act as both an electron donor and an electron acceptor?
Hydrogen, depending upon what element it is combining with, can act either as a metal or a nonmetal. But as a nonmetal it shares electrons in the form of covalent bonds, rather than actually donating them. Similarly, carbon can react with metals or nonmetals but forms covalent bonds. To truly donate or accept electrons is to form ionic bonds, and no element has the flexibility to form ionic bonds both as a donor and as an acceptor. Elements can do one or the other, if they form ionic bonds. Some elements only form covalent bonds.
What are shared to form bonds when elements are combined?
Electrons, specifically valence electrons are shared when elements form bonds.
Why do elements in group 4A do not form ionic bonds?
Group-14 elements share electrons. they form covalent bonds.
Which family of elements in the Periodic Table form bonds by gaining electrons?
Non metals form bonds by gaining electrons. They form anions.
What type of bond form when elements share electrons?
covalent bonds
What are valence electrons used for by an elements?
They are used to form covalent bonds.
How do elements turn into a compound?
Elements turn into a compound by gaining or losing electrons to form ionic bond. They can also share electrons to form covalent bonds.
When metals react with other elements do the atoms of the metals gain or lose?
Metals are likely to make anions. So they lose electrons to get a positive charge. The other elements gain electrons and get negatively charged.
Which group of elemens lose 2 valence electrons when heir atoms form ionic bonds?
The elements in columns 2 and 12 of a wide form periodic table will lose 2 valence electrons when the elements form ionic bonds. (Some other elements also have or can have this property.)
Why do elements form ionic and or covalent bonds?
Covalent or molecular compounds form when elements share electrons in a covalent bond to create molecules.
Why carbon atoms cannot form ionic bonds in its compounds?
carbon atoms cannot form ionic bonds because it can neither gain or loose electrons as it has 4 electrons in its valence shell.so it share its electrons which forms covalent bond.
Why is it easier for group 14 elements in the periodic table to become stable instead of transferring electrons?
Group-14 elements do not transfer electrons. They share electrons to form covalent bonds.
Elements of which form ionic bonds between them when combined together?
I think you mean IONS. Elements that form IONS by losing or gaining electrons, form IONIC bonds. These form when a metal reacts with a non-metal.
