Chemistry Chapter 5

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these lose their electrons more easily because they have lower ionization energy
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these lose their electrons more easily because they have lower ionization energy
metals
these don't lose their electrons easily because they have high ionization energy; they tend to add electrons instead
nonmetals
the gains and losses of electrons leads to this
ionic bonding
when electrons are added to a neutral nonmetal atom; it becomes negatively charged
anion
when a neutral metal atom gives up electrons; it becomes positively charged
cation
T/F: cations and anions are attracted to each other.

why or why not?
True; the positive and negative stick together
metals and nonmetals form
ionic bonds
when two nonmetals share electrons so that they have full valence levels
covalent bonding
what happens when metals bond with nonmetals?
they tend to lose their valence electrons to form cations and their electrons transfer to nonmetal
what happens when metals bond with metals?
they form a pool of electrons, which will conduct electricity
T/F: most nonpolar molecules will not dissolve in waterTrueionic compounds are formed by the attraction betweenpositively and negatively charged ionsthe pull an atom exerts on an electron it is sharing in a bond with another elementelectronegativitywhat happens if two elements share the same electronegativity?they pull evenly on the electron and it is shared evenly between those two atomswhat happens if one atom has a higher electronegativity?the pull on the electron is unevenas atomic radius decreases, electronegativity...increases from left to right across the periodic tableas atomic radius increases, electronegativity...decreases