Is antimony a cation or anion?

Answer 1

Boron is an element and is neither an anion or cation. If ionized it would tend to from B3+ and would be thus a cation.

Answer 2

no its not. Antimony is a pure element. Antimony is also a semimetal. (Semimetal is a class of elements.) You can find out more about Antimony here. Antimony: http://www.wisegeek.com/what-is-antimony.htm

Answer 3

Iron sulfide is ionic because iron is a metal, and sulfur is a non-metal. A compound can only be covalent if both elements/atoms are non-metal. Rememeber that covalent means sharing and ionic means transferring!

Answer 4

Antimony will usually form covalent bonds with other non-metallic elements. For example, Sb2O3 is covalent, as are the common antimony compounds SbCl3 and SbF5.

Answer 5

Iron is a metal and it forms metallic bonds with other iron atoms.

Answer 6

Yes, the difference in electronegativity is insufficient for the production of ionic bonds. the bonds are polar covalent.

Answer 7

Both, either -3 or +5 ion

Answer 8

Ionic

Answer 9

Covalent