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When a bromine atom reacts with a metal, it tends to gain an electron from the metal.
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Why do elements tend to react?
Classic answer is to "satisfy" a full valance ring of electrons.
Do all metals react the same way?
Metals all tend to lose electrons when they react, but aside from that there is a wide variety in the reacts metals undergo.
Do non-metals form a stable outer electron configuration by losing electrons and becoming anions?
NO. Nonmetals tend to GAIN electrons to complete their outer shell. By gaining electrons, they become a negatively charged species, which is what an anion is. Metals tend to LOSE electrons to end up with a full outer shell; in losing electrons, they develop a positive charge (become cations).
Why do atoms of non-metals form anions?
Non metals tend to be at the Right Hand Side of the periodic table. They therefore tend to need to GAIN electrons to get a stable octet-noble gas configuration. Gaining electrons mean they become anions. The reverse is true for metals.
Does bromine tend to lose or gain electrons to become an ion?
Bromine, like Fluorine and Chlorine, is an Halogen. Halogens gain an electron to become X^(-) anion. 'X' being the general symbol for an halogen.
Are metals always gaining electrons when they react?
nonmetals tend to gain electrons when they react
Why do elements tend to react?
Classic answer is to "satisfy" a full valance ring of electrons.
What tend to lose electrons in order to become stable?
In chemistry, metals are the elements that tend to lose electrons when they react to form compounds; Non-metals tend to gain electrons when they form compounds. When metals and non-metals react and exchange electrons with one another they form an ionic bond.
Do all metals react the same way?
Metals all tend to lose electrons when they react, but aside from that there is a wide variety in the reacts metals undergo.
Why is bromine not a metal?
Bromine, being in the second column from the rigth of the periodic table has a high electronegativity so when it forms compounds it tends to gain electrons, in other words, it is a nonmetal. While metals, which have low electronegativities tend to lose electrons
What happens to atoms of most nonmetals when they react with other elements?
They tend to gain electrons when reacting with a metal. Metals generally are short of a full octet by 1 to 4 valence electrons. It is easier to drop 2 electrons than try to gain 6 electrons. The elements in group four can go either way, but the other metals will give up electrons, and non-metals will take them.
Which best explains the bonding behavior of the family of elements in the Periodic table called metals?
Metals tend to form bonds by gaining electrons.
Do non-metals form a stable outer electron configuration by losing electrons and becoming anions?
NO. Nonmetals tend to GAIN electrons to complete their outer shell. By gaining electrons, they become a negatively charged species, which is what an anion is. Metals tend to LOSE electrons to end up with a full outer shell; in losing electrons, they develop a positive charge (become cations).
How can a non metal element achieve a stable electron-shell structure like that of noble gases?
Nonmetals tend to gain electrons to form ions so as to obtain noble gas configuration.
What Atoms react so as to acquire the stable electrons structure of a noble gas?
Well it is kind of impossible to tell correctly. Most of the atoms tend to gain electrons (as in the case of nonmetals), lose electrons (as in the case of metals) or share electrons (as in the case of carbon or silicon) and try to attain the stable electronic configuration of noble gases.
Why do atoms of non-metals form anions?
Non metals tend to be at the Right Hand Side of the periodic table. They therefore tend to need to GAIN electrons to get a stable octet-noble gas configuration. Gaining electrons mean they become anions. The reverse is true for metals.
Does bromine tend to lose or gain electrons to become an ion?
Bromine, like Fluorine and Chlorine, is an Halogen. Halogens gain an electron to become X^(-) anion. 'X' being the general symbol for an halogen.
