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The generic term would be "salt"; not the specific "table salt" sodium chloride, but the general term.
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What are the kinds of elements that combine to form ionic compounds are what?
A metal and a nonmetal.
The reaction between metal and non-metal creates what kind of bond?
The metal and nonmetal will tend to form an ionic bond between them when they combine chemically.
Is it a covalent bond when a metal and a nonmetal combine?
No, generally it is ionic.
What 2 elements form to an ionic compound?
A metal and a nonmetal will generally combine to form an ionic compound.
Why ionic bond i formed when 2 nonmetal combine?
Ionic bond is specific for metal-nonmetal combinations.
Is Graphite a metal non-metal or mettaloids?
nonmetal, because it is a form of carbon and carbon is a nonmetal.
What a metal tends to form with a nonmetal?
A metal and a non-metal tend to form a salt.
Is phosphorus a metal or nonmetal?
Phosphorus is a nonmetal, because it does not form any monatomic positive ion.
Is bromine a metal or non metal?
Bromine is considered a nonmetal. It is the only nonmetal that comes in a liquid form. It is also a halogen.
What happens to the outer electrons of a metal when it joins a non metal?
The outer electrons of a metal atom that bonds with a nonmetal atom are either transferred to the nonmetal to form an ionic bond or shared with the nonmetal to form one or more covalent bonds.
What bonds form between a metal and a nonmetal?
Ionic
Will berylium form ionic or covalent with another nonmetal?
Beryllium is a metal, not a nonmetal. It will generally form ionic compounds with nonmetals.
