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Use electron configurations to show the reaction between the following pairs of atoms, producing ion pairs with noble gas configurations:
A.   Mg and I       B.   Na and F


Anybody have any idea how to do this? Thanks in advance.

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Re: Determining Reaction of Atoms using Electron Configuration help.
« Reply #1 on: December 08, 2010, 11:20:12 AM »
Use electron configurations to show the reaction between the following pairs of atoms, producing ion pairs with noble gas configurations:
A.   Mg and I       B.   Na and F


Anybody have any idea how to do this? Thanks in advance.

For starters, what is the electronic configuration of the atoms you have written?

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Re: Determining Reaction of Atoms using Electron Configuration help.
« Reply #2 on: December 08, 2010, 11:42:03 AM »
Use electron configurations to show the reaction between the following pairs of atoms, producing ion pairs with noble gas configurations:
A.   Mg and I       B.   Na and F


Anybody have any idea how to do this? Thanks in advance.

For starters, what is the electronic configuration of the atoms you have written?


The electron configuration of Mg is: (Ne) 3s 2
The electron configuration of I is : (Kr) 4d 10 5s 2 5p 5

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Re: Determining Reaction of Atoms using Electron Configuration help.
« Reply #3 on: December 09, 2010, 02:26:02 AM »
Now do you understand the nature of the bond between the two given examples A and B?

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