One of the hallmarks of metals is their habit of easily losing, or donating, their electrons. This isn't true of non-metals. Does that point you at the right answer?
Potassium (K) and Bromine (Br) are likely to form an ionic bond, where potassium will donate its outer electron to bromine, resulting in the formation of KBr (potassium bromide) compound. Ionic bonds form between elements with large differences in electronegativities, which is the case for K and Br.
Bromine (Br) has a more negative electron affinity than boron (B). This means that bromine has a higher tendency to accept an electron to form a negative ion.
No, Br (bromine) is not typically considered a Lewis base. Lewis bases are electron pair donors, while bromine typically does not donate electrons in chemical reactions.
The BR group is electron withdrawing.
Yes, BR is considered an electron withdrawing group.
Br-. Bromine will grab an electron to make itself more stable, which makes it a negative ion.
Both Li and K lose electrons to get noble gas configuration. Br gains an electron to get noble gas configuration. So K is more likely to form a compound with Br.Potassium is a metal in group 1. It usually forms ionic compounds with other non metallic elements. From these elements, it is more likely to bond with bromine. Recall that lithium is as in the same family as potassium.
Bismuth (Bi) has a higher ionization energy than bromine (Br) because bismuth is a larger atom with more electron shells, making it more difficult to remove an electron. Additionally, bismuth is in the p-block of the periodic table, where ionization energies generally increase across a period.
Bromine (Br) tends to gain electrons. As a halogen, it has seven valence electrons and seeks to achieve a full octet by gaining one additional electron. This makes bromine more likely to form negative ions (anions) in chemical reactions.
The Br ion is larger than the K ion. This is because the Br ion has more electron shells than the K ion, leading to a larger atomic radius.
The ionic notation for Bromine is Br-. It gains one electron to form Br-
It looks like thisK–Br:except that there are also two dots both above and below the "Br" in the diagram (there are three lone pairs on Br, and none on K)See the Related Questions link about Lewis Dot Structures to the left of this answer for more help with electron dot diagrams!