Ionic Bonding Flashcards
What is ionic bonding?
Transferring of electrons.
Atoms lose or gain electrons to from…
Charged particles.
What are the charged particles called?
Ions.
Why are electrons strongly attracted to one another?
Because of the attraction of opposite charges.
+ and -.
A shell with just one electron wants to…
Get rid of the electron.
Where are all the atoms located on the periodic table?
Left-hand side.
Name 3 atoms which only have one or two electrons in their outer shell
Sodium.
Potassium.
Calcium.
Why do electrons want to lose electrons out of their shells?
They will only have full outer shells left.
Atoms try to have the same electronic structure as…
A noble gas.
A nearly full shell wants…
An extra electron.
Group 6 and 7 have nearly…
Full outer shells.
When they gain and lose electrons the atom becomes an?
Ion.
When the atom loses an electron it becomes?
Positive ion.
When the atom gains an electron it becomes?
Negative ion.
What is the structure like in an ionic compound?
Regular lattice structure.
