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Which elements most readily accepts electrons silicon or sulfur or chlorine or phosphorus?
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Number of valence electrons in chlorine?
I think that because chlorine has 17 electrons in all, and ten of them are filled up on the first two shells, then seven of them should be on the third shell, so seven of them are valance electrons.
What is the total number of electrons in a chloride ion?
chlorine atom has 17 electrons when it accepts one more it becomes chloride ion so chloride has total 18 electrons, isoelectronic with Argon.
What does an element that forms an anion do?
When the element bonds with another element it accepts electrons (it does not give them away) and becomes negatively charged.
When oxygen accepts electrons water is produced as a byproduct.?
yes
Why the formula for the compound formed when sodium and chlorine react is Na Cl and not Na Cl2?
Because sodium has one valance electron that it donates to chlorine because of chlorine's high electronegativity and chlorine has seven valance electrons, so it accepts one into it's valance shell. This is the octet state for both atoms and this allows opposite charged ions to be bonded together. Cation: Na + Anion: Cl - Form: NaCl Sodium chloride.
Number of valence electrons in chlorine?
I think that because chlorine has 17 electrons in all, and ten of them are filled up on the first two shells, then seven of them should be on the third shell, so seven of them are valance electrons.
What is the total number of electrons in a chloride ion?
chlorine atom has 17 electrons when it accepts one more it becomes chloride ion so chloride has total 18 electrons, isoelectronic with Argon.
Why does chlorine readily accept another electron?
Chlorine readily accepts another electron because it just needs to gain one more e- to complete its outer shell of valence electrons. Once chlorine's outer shell is filled, the element becomes more stable. Chlorine's whole family of elements (F, Cl, Br, I) all readily accept one more electron.
What is the chemical formula of calcium chloride how do you determine it?
Compare the electronegativity of calcium to the electronegativity of chlorine. Find the number of electrons each will give up / accept. Balance the two. Calcium easily gives up two electrons. Chlorine easily accepts one electron.
What does an element that forms an anion do?
When the element bonds with another element it accepts electrons (it does not give them away) and becomes negatively charged.
What element most readily accepts electrons francium sodium gold or arsenic?
Gold, as it's the most electronegative of those four elements.
How are the elements oxygen and calcium alike and different?
They are both elements, form molecules, and will bond with many other elements.
Explain why cacl2 is used in equations instead of cacl?
Calcium ( Ca ) donates two electrons to this ionic bond and chlorine ( Cl ) accepts one electron to form its octet. So, you need two chlorine atoms for every one of the calcium atoms.
Why does chlorine have a negative charge?
Chloride forms a negative ion because of its number of valence electrons. Chloride wants to have 8 valence electrons. It only has 7. So for Chloride to have a full electron shell it accepts an electron from other elements. Because electrons have a negative charge, the extra electron that Chloride receives gives it a negative charge.
What is it called when a chlorine accepts an electron to complete its octet?
a covalent bond
When an atom of chlorine forms an ionic bond with an atom of sodium the atom of chlorine does what?
accepts an electron to become the chloride anion, Cl-
What would a chlorine atom tend to do in bonding with another atom to form an ionic compound and why?
The most common bounds chlorine accepts are with Alcaline metals. They have only one valence electron, which chlorine would gladly steal so that his last orbital becomes full of electrons. This way both become stable, and they would form a very strong ionic compound.
