CHEM103 Chapter Notes - Chapter 2.7: Ionic Compound, Nonmetal, Noble Gas

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Only a few elements occur free in nature. The overwhelming majority of elements occur in compounds combined with other elements. These processes generate chemical bonds, forces that hold the atoms together in a compound. Ionic compounds are composed of ions, charged particles that form when an atom (0r small group of atoms) gains or loses one or more electrons. The simplest type of ionic compound is a binary ionic compound (composed of 2 elements). It typically forms wen a metal reacts with a nonmetal: Each metal atom loses one or more electrons and becomes a cation (+ve charged ion) Each nonmetal atom gains one or more of the electrons lost by the metal atom and becomes an anion (-ve charged ion) In effect, metal atoms transfer electrons to nonmetal atoms. Resulting large numbers of cations and anions attract each other and form ionic compound. Cation or anion derived from a single atom is called a monatomic ion.

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