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Why do you NOT need to memorize the type of ion each atom tends to form?
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∙ 10y ago
Not as long as you have a periodic table. The table is made based on a set of rules. The first column. makes +1 ions. The last (18th) column does not for bonds (it's shells are full). With the exception of transition metals, this applies in a pattern. (ie. the second column makes +2, the third makes +3, the second-to-last makes -1, the third-to-last makes -2).
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∙ 10y ago
You don't need to memorize the type of ion each atom forms because it can be determined by its position on the Periodic Table. Atoms in the same group or column tend to form ions with the same charge, while atoms from the same period or row do not consistently form ions with the same charge. Knowing the location of the atom on the periodic table can help determine the likely charge of the ion it forms.
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An atom in which the outermost level is more than half tends to form is which ions?
An atom in which the outermost energy level is more than half full tends to fill its outermost energy level by adding one or more needed electrons. Such an atom forms a negative ion.
Are electrons in an atom related to protons?
Yes. The number of electrons in an atom tends to balance the number of protons. However, some atoms have more or less electrons, meaning they are in an ionic, or charged form.
How does the size of each compare with the size of the neutral atom form which it is formed?
A cation is smaller than the neutral atom because one electron is removed from the original atom to form it. An anion is larger than the neutral atom because one electron is added to the original atom to form it.
Each carbon atom can form a total of?
four bonds maximum
How many valence electrons dows each carbon atom have?
four. each electron can join with an electron from another atom to form a strong cavalent bond
What would s sulfur atom tend to do in bonding with another atom to form an ionic compound?
A sulfur atom tends to gain two electrons.
How many bonds can each atom of carbon and each atom of hydrogen form?
Carbon 4Hydrogen 1
An atom in which the outermost level is more than half tends to form is which ions?
An atom in which the outermost energy level is more than half full tends to fill its outermost energy level by adding one or more needed electrons. Such an atom forms a negative ion.
Why is sodium in salt?
Sodium often tends to donate its valence electron to a non metal atom to form an ionic compound.
What is verb form of memory?
The verb form of memory is memorize Example: The witness tried to "memorize" the car plate number.
When iron reacts with oxygen to form rust each iron atom.?
In that reaction, each iron atom loses three electrons.
What is adjective form of memorize?
memorizable
What is adjectival form of memory?
memorize
What is the past perfect tense of memorize?
The past perfect tense of "memorize" is "had memorized."
When cesium reacts with oxygen to form an ionic compound each metal atom loses 2 electrons and each nonmetal atom gains?
Each caesium atom loses an electron and the oxygen atom gain two electrons (for Cs2O).
What is the noun from the verb to memorize?
The noun form for the verb to memorize is memorizer, memorization, and the gerund, memorizing.
Are electrons in an atom related to protons?
Yes. The number of electrons in an atom tends to balance the number of protons. However, some atoms have more or less electrons, meaning they are in an ionic, or charged form.
