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Title: Which elements are most likely to form ionic compounds? Post by: kizxyz23 on Jan 22, 2014 Which elements are most likely to form ionic compounds?
Which metallic elements are likely to form cations with different charges? Title: Re: Which elements are most likely to form ionic compounds? Post by: skier002 on Jan 22, 2014 I just learnt this in intro chemistry.
Ionic compounds are typically formed between the anions and cations of metallic and nonmetallic elements. For example NaCl is formed from sodium, which is a metal, and chlorine, which as a gas/halogen is a non-metal. Most often, elements within the transition metals, the actinides, and the lanthanides have variable charges in their cations. |