1) write the electronic structures of both sodium and fluorine and describe how the atoms combine to fomr sodium floride?
2) name and describe the bonding within and between the molecules in liquid fluorine
2007-03-25 05:33:01 · 2 answers · asked by Anonymous in Science & Mathematics ➔ Chemistry
1) soudiem flouride is combined when the two chemicals bond and form a reaction that makes it turn into what we know as flouride and i thing it has 36 electrons.
2)dont know the answer srry
2007-03-25 05:39:33 · answer #1 · answered by woofys 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Na is 2,8,1, and F is 2,7.
An electron is given to F by Na:
Na+ is [2,8]+ and F- is [2,8]-.
The bonding is ionic - electrostatic attraction between opposite charges.
In F2, the bonding is covalent - a shared pair of electrons between the two F atoms.
2007-03-25 05:39:41 · answer #2 · answered by Gervald F 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋