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5. How can you use the periodic table to help predict the types of bonds elements will form?​

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You can look how far apart the two atoms forming the bonds are in the periodic table. If one atom is on the far left Group 1 or 2 and the other is on the far right Group 5, 6, or 7, then the atoms will have large differences in with form an ionic bond.
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