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Very Important!! Electron lender or borrower?
i need to know if these elements lend or borrow electrons and how many do they lend or borrow.
-sodium
-phosphorus
-potassium
-oxygen
-iodine
-cesium
-bromine
-sulfur
-magnesium
Please answer!! Its really important..

Sagot :

Sodium lends 1 electron.
Phosphorus borrows 3 electrons.
Potassium lends one electron.
Oxygen borrows 2 electrons.
Iodine borrows one electron.
Cesium lends 1 electron.
Bromine borrows 1 electron.
Sulfur borrows 2 electrons.
And magnesium lends 2 electrons.
PBCHEM

Answer : Lending makes the element as cation (positively charged species) and borrowing makes the element as anion (negatively charged species).

Usually all the metal species donates the electrons and non-metals accepts (borrows) the electrons.


Sodium (Na) donates 1 electron and becomes [tex] Na^{+} [/tex].

Phosphorus (P) accepts 3 electrons and becomes an anion of phosphorus [tex] P^{-3} [/tex].

Potassium (K) donates its one electron and gets converted to [tex] K^{+} [/tex].

Oxygen (O) accepts 2 electrons and turns as [tex] O^{-2} [/tex] .

Iodine (I) accepts one electron and gets converted into [tex] I^{-} [/tex].

Cesium (Cs) donates 1 electron and turns to [tex] Cs^{+} [/tex].

Bromine (Br) accepts 1 electron and turns as [tex] Br^{-} [/tex].

Sulfur (S) accepts 2 electrons and becomes [tex] S^{-2} [/tex].

Magnesium (Mg) donates its 2 electrons and gets converted as [tex] Mn^{+2} [/tex].

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