This element is in group 5A, period 3.
What is phosphorus?
This type of bond involves a transfer of electrons.
What is an ionic bond?
This is when 2 pairs of electrons are shared.
What is a double bond?
This type of molecules are highly conductive when dissolved in water.
What are ionic substances?
This group of elements has 2 valence electrons.
What are the alkaline earth metals (group 2)?
This is the name of the group 7A elements.
What are the halogens?
This type of bond is between 2 nonmetals what share electrons EQUALLY?
This is the shortest type of covalent bond.
What is a triple bond?
This type of molecule has a low melting point.
What are covalent molecules?
This is the oxidation number of a fluorine ion.
What is -1?
This is what the periodic table is arranged by.
What is the atomic number?
Metals bond with this type of element in an ionic bond.
What are nonmetals?
This is the number of lithium atoms needed to bond with 1 phosphorus.
What is three?
This type of bond is shown with arrows in the Lewis structure to depict a transfer of electrons.
What is ionic?
This is the chemical formula for the compound formed when sodium and sulfur combine.
What is Na2S?
This group of elements are found on the staircase line and share properties of metals and nonmetals.
What are the metalloids?
This group of elements would bond with chlorine in a 1:1 ratio. (Ex. XCl)
What are the alkali metals (group 1)?
This is the number of lone pairs on the nitrogen in NH3.
What is 1?
This type of covalent molecule is symmetrical.
What are nonpolar molecules?
These elements are to the left of the staircase on the periodic table.
What are the metals?
This large group of elements tends to lose electrons to form cations.
What are the metals?
This is why group 8A elements do not form bonds.
What is a full valence shell (or 8 valence electrons)?
This is the shape AND polarity of NH3.
What is trigonal pyramidal and polar?
This type of bond contains the STRONGEST intermolecular forces.
What are ionic bonds?
This is the name of groups 3-12B.
What are the transition metals?