Metals and non-metals
Fluorine's bonds are technically covalent, but it is such a strongly electron withdrawing group that for all intents and purposes its bonds can be considered ionic.
Polonium is a metalloid element and it can form both ionic and covalent bonds. In general, polonium tends to form covalent bonds with nonmetals, and can also form ionic bonds with highly electronegative elements.
Cerium typically forms ionic bonds rather than covalent bonds. In its compounds, cerium usually forms the +3 oxidation state, where it loses three electrons to form ionic bonds with other elements.
All elements in periodic table columns 1 - 12 and 17 of a wide form periodic table usually form ionic bonds, as can all other metals and most of the elements in periodic table columns 15 and 16. This does not mean that such elements can not also form covalent bonds.
No, chlorine and xenon do not form an ionic compound. Xenon is a noble gas and does not readily form ionic bonds with other elements.
Metals forms ionic bonds.
These bonds tend to be ionic. However, all bonds are somewhere between purely ionic and purely covalent.
Fluorine's bonds are technically covalent, but it is such a strongly electron withdrawing group that for all intents and purposes its bonds can be considered ionic.
The elements that generally form ionic bonds are the metals and nonmetals.
Elements that form ionic bonds have a large difference in electronegativity. Typically, metals and nonmetals will form ionic bonds when combined together. In these bonds, the metal atom loses electrons to form a cation, while the nonmetal atom gains electrons to form an anion.
Elements form bonds because of the attractions between atoms or ions. There are several types of bonds such as ionic, covalent and metallic bonds.
Polonium is a metalloid element and it can form both ionic and covalent bonds. In general, polonium tends to form covalent bonds with nonmetals, and can also form ionic bonds with highly electronegative elements.
Yes, ionic bonds typically form between metals and nonmetals because the electronegativity difference between these types of elements is usually large.
Cerium typically forms ionic bonds rather than covalent bonds. In its compounds, cerium usually forms the +3 oxidation state, where it loses three electrons to form ionic bonds with other elements.
All elements in periodic table columns 1 - 12 and 17 of a wide form periodic table usually form ionic bonds, as can all other metals and most of the elements in periodic table columns 15 and 16. This does not mean that such elements can not also form covalent bonds.
No, chlorine and xenon do not form an ionic compound. Xenon is a noble gas and does not readily form ionic bonds with other elements.
No, carbon usually forms covalent bonds rather than ionic bonds. Ionic bonds involve the transfer of electrons between atoms, while covalent bonds involve the sharing of electrons. Carbon is more likely to share electrons with other atoms to complete its valence shell.