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What is the relationship between the arrangement of electrons in an atom and the atom's chemical properties?
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∙ 14y ago
Depending on the valence electrons an atom has, it will have different chemical properties. An atom with its lastest orbital full (noble gases) will be chemically stable, and won't react at all. They will have very low fusion points.
An atom with an electron missing (hallogen), or a single or two electron of valence (alkanine metals), will be very reactive, and will tend to form strong ionic bonds with other atoms. They will tend to have very high fusion points when combined.
The arrangement of electrons in an atom determines the ease with which the atom will form chemical bonds.
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∙ 14y ago
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∙ 12y agoValence electrons relate to chemical properties because atoms trade electrons to form bonds. However, they only trade their valence electrons. Take salt for an example. Salt is Sodium Chloride, so it is a sodium atom bonded to a chlorine atom. Sodium has 1 valence electron, so it gives it to chlorine. Chlorine becomes negatively charged, and sodium becomes positively charged, thus forming an ionic bond.
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∙ 11y agoStructure is shown by the molecular formula. Chemical properties tell you what features does an element have. These properties may be a negative or a positive property, meaning that they can be useful or not.
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∙ 14y agoYes, and its arrangement of electrons depends mostly on the total number of electrons, which is the same as the number of protons for a neutral atom.
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What subatomic particle determines the chemical properties of the atom?
ELEMENT
What parts of an atom determine its chemical properties?
Electrons determine the chemical properties of an atom.
Are atom properties determined by the size of the valence electrons?
Valence electrons are very important for the chemical properties of chemical elements; but all electrons have identical sizes.
Why do all atoms of bromine have the same chemical properties?
Iodine and chlorine have very similar chemical properties because they are in the same chemical family (go see a periodic table). They are both halogens (so they have the same valence electrons).
Which subatomic determines the atoms chemical properties and why?
Valence shell electrons or valence electrons determine the chemical properties of an atom...
What determines a chemical properties of an element?
The number and arrangement of electrons.
The number and arrangement of electrons in the outer energy level determains the atoms what?
The number and arrangement of electrons in atoms of an element determine the chemical properties of the element.
What subatomic particle determines the chemical properties of the atom?
ELEMENT
What determines the properties of an element?
The three factors determine the chemical properties of an element:The number and arrangement of electrons in an atomThe number of valence electronsThe number and arrangement of electrons
What deterimines an atom's chemical properties?
The chemical behavior of an atom depends mostly on the number of electrons in its outermost shell.
Such properties of oxygen as its appearance and freezing point are determined by?
Oxygen is a chemical element. Such properties of oxygen as its appearance and freezing point are determined by the arrangement of electrons in shells around the nucleus.
What parts of an atom determine its chemical properties?
Electrons determine the chemical properties of an atom.
What is the most stable outer orbital arrangement of electrons after a chemical reaction?
The most stable outer orbital arrangement of electrons after a chemical reaction is 8 electrons. This is referred to as the octet rule in representative elements.
Why do istopes have different physical properties but same chemical properties?
They have similar chemical properties because isotopes of an element have the same number of electrons as an atom of that element. The electron arrangement is the same owing to same chemical properties. However they have different numbers of neutrons, which affects the mass number. Mass number determines the physical properties such as boiling/melting/density etc.
Are atom properties determined by the size of the valence electrons?
Valence electrons are very important for the chemical properties of chemical elements; but all electrons have identical sizes.
When elements combined to form compounds the property to do do change?
The chemical properties of atoms are significantly changed when they form compounds. When elements combine to form compounds it is called a chemical reaction. The compound is then a collection of molecules and each molecule has in it atoms from the elements used in the formation. The atoms in the molecule are still the same atoms as one started with, but the arrangement of the electrons in the atoms has changed. It is the electronic properties of atoms and molecules that really determine the properties they have and which chemical reactions occur and which do not. The chemical properties of an atom or molecule are determined by the arrangement of the electrons of that atom or molecule. Once atoms have gone through a chemical reaction, the electronic structure is changed. The atoms are the same identity, but the properties of the atoms have been changed by the chemical reaction.
Why do all atoms of bromine have the same chemical properties?
Iodine and chlorine have very similar chemical properties because they are in the same chemical family (go see a periodic table). They are both halogens (so they have the same valence electrons).
