The following Lewis representation depicts a reaction between one atom of a group 1 metal and one atom of a group 7 nonmetal.
In this representation, each metal atom loses electron(s) and each nonmetal atom gains electron(s).
The bonds that form in the product would be Ionic/covalent.
When lithium reacts with fluorine to form an ionic compound, each metal atom loses electron(s) and each nonmetal atom gains electron(s).
There must be 1 lithium atom(s) for every 1 fluorine atom(s) in the reaction.
Analyze the following reaction by looking at the electron configurations given below each box.
Put a number and a symbol in each box to show the number and kind of the corresponding atom or ion.
Use the smallest integers possible.
cation
anion
+
+
(1s^2 2s^2 2p^6 3s^2 3p^6 4s^2)
(1s^2 2s^2 2p^6 3s^2 3p^5)
(1s^2 2s^2 2p^6 3s^2 3p^6)
(1s^2 2s^2 2p^6 3s^2 3p^6)