Question

And iconic bond forms when? A metal atom combines with a nonmetal atom to become one atom, B A metal loses an electron and a nonmetal gains an electron, C in metal gains and electron and a nonmetal loses an electron, or D A metal and a nonmetal atoms share electrons?

Answer 1

Ionic bond formation :

(A ) False , a metal atom combines with a nonmetal atom to become one molecule, not form an atom.

(B) True , a metallic element loses one or more electrons and a nonmetallic element gains one or more

(C) False . a metal does not gains an electron and a nonmetal does not loose an electron,

(D) True . A metal and a nonmetal atoms share electrons, there is a sharing or exchange of valence electrons between a metal and a non metal.