(A) No because one is a metal and the other is a nonmetal.
(B) Yes because both are metals.
(C) Yes because one lacks an electron to fill its valence shell and the other has only one electron in its valence shell.
(D) none of these.
2007-05-02 15:54:25 · 5 answers · asked by BB 1 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Chemistry
C...
2007-05-02 15:57:55 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
C - sodium is in group 1 A and wants to lose an electron to have an octet and fluorine is in group 7A and needs to gain an electron to have an octet.
2007-05-02 15:58:12 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes, for reason C. They would react violently and exothermally.
2007-05-02 16:16:54 · answer #3 · answered by Rich Z 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
i would expect them to, but i have absolutely no basis for that expectation :)
2007-05-02 16:00:36 · answer #4 · answered by carmen 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
C
2007-05-02 15:59:21 · answer #5 · answered by Joe M 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋