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When sodium forms an ionic bond with chlorine the sodium atom donates an electron to chlorine and becomes a 19 charged ion?
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No! A sodium atom is initially electrically neutral. When it donates one electron to a chlorine atom, the sodium atom becomes a singly charged cation.
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When a compound donates electrons the compound becomes what?
if a neutral atom donates an electron it will gain a positive charge. This is due to electrons having a negative charge.
Does sodium chloride share electrons?
Actually, sodium almost donates an electron to chlorine in NaCl.
Explain why cacl2 is used in equations instead of cacl?
Calcium ( Ca ) donates two electrons to this ionic bond and chlorine ( Cl ) accepts one electron to form its octet. So, you need two chlorine atoms for every one of the calcium atoms.
The chloride ion has the same valency as the sodium ion However it has a different electrovalency Why?
The sodium atom has 1 electron in its outermost shell. When forming an ion it donates this electron giving it an overall charge of +1 (having lost a negative charge). Chlorine atoms have 7 electrons in their outermost shells. When forming an ion these are more likely to take an electron from another atom to form a complete octet (gaining a negative charge) thus it becomes -1. Both atoms will gain or loose 1 electron, hence why they have the same valency, however the electrovalency depends on whether this charge becomes positive or negative. Hope this helps!
Lithium has one valence electron Bromine has seven valence electrons How might they form a chemical bond?
lithium donates an electron to bromine
What is the charge on the chlorine atom in the molecule hcl?
Chlorine gains an electron and becomes negative 1 charge. Hydrogen donates an electron so becomes positive 1 charge.
An atom becomes an ion by losing or gaining?
An atom can become an ion by either gaining or losing electrons. If it gains electrons, it becomes an anion. If it loses electrons, it becomes a cation. An ion is merely an atom with a charge, either positive or negative.
What happens in the combination of sodium and chlorine to yield table salt?
A sodium atom has one valance electron which it donates to a chlorine atom which has seven valance electrons; as a result of this electron exchange, both the sodium and the chlorine will then have complete outer electron shells, and they also will both become electrically charged ions which will attract each other.
When a compound donates electrons the compound becomes what?
if a neutral atom donates an electron it will gain a positive charge. This is due to electrons having a negative charge.
Does sodium chloride share electrons?
Actually, sodium almost donates an electron to chlorine in NaCl.
Did sodium donates or accept electrons?
Sodium donates one electron from it's valance shell and becomes the cation, Na + Having a 1 + positive charge as it is short the one electron.
What type of bonds in sodium chloride?
it is an ionic bond. The sodium donates its one valence electron to Chlorine and results in ionic bond
If an atom donates or accepts an electron what is it considered?
If an atom donates or accepts an electron it is considered an ion.
Does NaCl have an ionic or covalent bond?
Ionic. The sodium donates and electron to the chlorine so they both end up with outer shells that are full.
Why isn't NA2Cl not an accurate representation of an ionic bond between sodium and chlorine?
Because sodium donates an electron to reach its octet stability and chlorine accepts an electron to reach the same octet. So + to - charge results in this formula for that compound. NaCl
How do you form a ionic bond between k and cl?
Potassium donates its electron in the outermost shell to the chlorine atom in order to form the ionic bond.
Is NaCl a nonpolar molecule?
Sodium Chloride (NaCl) is an ionic compound. Ionic compounds are made up of generally two types of ions i.e. anions (or negatively charged ions) and cations (or positively charged ions). NaCl is made up of two ions i.e. Na+ (cation) and Cl- (anion). Na (atom) has one electron in its outermost shell. To complete its orbit (octet : by 8 electrons), it needs to lose one electron. On the other hand, Chlorine (atom) have seven electrons in its outermost shell. To complete its orbit (octet : by 8 electrons), it needs to gain one electron. Thus, Na donates one electron to Cl. As Na loses one electron, it becomes cation; while Cl gains one electron, it becomes anion. The one electron, which is lost by Na+ and gained by Cl-, results in the Polarity of NaCl. Chloride has the tendency to gain electron, therefore, it attracts the electron with high force. While Sodium don't have, thus it doesn't attracts. Thus, Chlorine becomes more electronegative despite Sodium. From the above mentioned, we can assume that NaCl is a polar compound.
