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Which element is most likely to gain electrons when bonds are formed?
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∙ 8y ago
Nonmetals because they have a lot of valence electrons.
Wiki User
∙ 11y ago
Wiki User
∙ 11y agoIf you're talking about ionic compounds, which generally form between metals and nonmetals, the nonmetal will gain one or more electrons when forming an ionic bond.
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What type of element is most likely to gain electrons when it is forms bonds?
metals
What is formed when atoms share stabilizing electrons?
Bonds are formed on sharing electrons. Covalent bonds are formed.
How do atoms interact and create chemical bonds?
Chemical bonds are formed by the sharing or donating of electrons. The electrons that atoms use to make chemical bonds are the outermost electrons, also known as valence electrons.
What is a bonds formed by the sharing of electrons?
This is called a covalent bond.
What are chemical bonds that steal electrons?
Ionic bond; ionic bonds occur when an element, mainly a metal, loses its electron ( to become positively charged) to an other element, mainly a nonmetal, ( to become negatively charged), to form an ionic compound. For example :- Na + Cl = NaCl
Which type of element is more likely to gain electrons when it forms bonds?
nonmetals
What type of element is most likely to gain electrons when it is forms bonds?
metals
What is formed when atoms share stabilizing electrons?
Bonds are formed on sharing electrons. Covalent bonds are formed.
Are Covalent bonds are formed when electrons are?
Covalent bonds are formed when electrons are shared between atoms.
It can be formed by sharing electrons?
Covalent bonds are formed when non-metals share electrons. Ionic bonds are formed when metals and non-metals lose and gain electrons.
Onced formed how are cordanite covelent bonds differ from other covelent bonds?
Once formed there is NO difference from other covalant bonds. Coordinate covalent bonds only differ from other covalent bonds because a single element donates all the electrons that are to be shared.
How can you tell from an element's number of valence elns whether the element is more likely to form a caor an anion?
If an element has less than four valence electrons, it will tend to lose its valence electrons and form cations. If an element has more than four valence electrons, it will tend to gain electrons and form anions. An element that has four valence electrons will tend to form covalent bonds rather than ionic bonds.
Is the element silicon likely to form ionic or covalent bonds. why?
Silicon is an element in group 14. It has four valence electrons. Silicon tends to share electrons rather than releasing or obtaining four electrons (which needs tremendous energy). Hence it forms covalent bonds.
Is it true that in a covalent bond atoms share electrons?
False
When does an ionic bond happen?
when an element donate it's electrons and another element acceps it,in order to complete the octet electronic configuration,ionic bonds are formed
What bonds are formed when atoms exchanged electrons?
ionic bonds!
What type of bonding ivolves the sharing of electrons?
Covalent bonds are bonds formed by the sharing of electrons.
