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they form ionic bonds. metal halides are the most common compounds
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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.
If a metal and nonmetal bond to form a compound which name is written first?
metal
Are likely to form a ionic bond?
A metal and a nonmetal can form an ionic bond.
Is nails a metal nonmetal or a metalloid?
Nails are metal.
Is iodine a metal or non-metal and what ion does it form?
Iodine is a nonmetal and it forms the iodide ion, I-.
What are the kinds of elements that combine to form ionic compounds are what?
A metal and a nonmetal.
