Oxygen commonly loses two electrons when it combines with another atom. This allows it to achieve a stable electron configuration similar to the noble gas neon.
The hydrogen atom has 1 electron.
An atom with single electron in its outermost shell
Electrons.
They have a covalent bond
Oxygen commonly loses two electrons when it combines with another atom. This allows it to achieve a stable electron configuration similar to the noble gas neon.
The hydrogen atom has 1 electron.
An atom with single electron in its outermost shell
A sulfur atom tends to gain two electrons to achieve a stable electron configuration when bonding with another atom to form an ionic compound. This results in the formation of a sulfide ion, which has a negative charge.
Atoms will form an ionic bond when one atom donates an electron to another atom. Typically, this occurs between a metal atom (which tends to lose electrons to form positive ions) and a non-metal atom (which tends to gain electrons to form negative ions).
An atom of sodium has one valence electron. When a sodium atom loses this electron to another atom, it becomes a sodium ion.
When two (or more atoms) join to form a compound, they actually join by sharing electrons.
Ionic bonds form between atoms when one atom donates an electron to another atom, resulting in the formation of positively and negatively charged ions that are attracted to each other. This typically occurs between a metal atom (that tends to donate electrons) and a nonmetal atom (that tends to accept electrons).
Electrons.
They have a covalent bond
Ionic bonds are formed when atoms lose or gain electrons in order to have a full outer shell of electrons to make them stable.One atom pulls an electron from another atom.
Each atom in a covalent bond shares at least one electron with another electron of another atom to maintain the covalent bond.