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SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL - CHEMISTRY AND PHYSICAL SCIENCE

General Chemistry 2 – Practice Worksheet No. 2

CHEMICAL BONDING: THE IONIC BOND

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Learning Objectives: At the end of this task, the learners will be able to:
1. Relate the stability of noble gases to their electronic configuration.
2. State the octet rule.
3. Determine the charge of the ions formed by the representative elements and relate this to their ionization energy or
electron affinity, valence electron configuration, and position in the periodic table.
4. Draw the Lewis structure of ions.
5. Predict the formula of the ionic compound formed by a metal and non-metal among the representative elements.
6. Draw the Lewis structure of ionic compounds.

I. Ionic Bonding and Ion Formation

To attain a stable configuration, atoms enter into a chemical combination, in which they may either give away, accept,
or share their valence electrons to achieve the same electron arrangement as the noble gas nearest them in the periodic table.
The type of bond formed, and the consequent compound formed depends on the nature of the interaction.

An ionic bond is formed if an electron is transferred from one atom to another. This means that one atom gains an
electron while the other loses an electron. The process of donating and accepting electrons subsequently forms positively and
negatively charged particles called ions. Since these ions are oppositely charged, they will be attracted to each other to form an
ionic bond. The compound formed through ionic bonding is called an ionic compound. An ionic bond is also called an
electrovalent bond.

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Exercise 1: A.) Determine the Lewis symbol of each of the following atoms.
B.) To attain an octet of electrons, atoms may gain or lose electron(s) during ionic bond formation. Predict the
formula of the monatomic ion formed from the following representative atoms in binary ionic compounds.
C.) Identify the name of the monatomic ion formed.

Atom Lewis Symbol Formula of the Ion Name of the Ion

1. P

2. Mg

3. O

4. Al

5. Cl

6. K

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II. Lewis Structure for Ionic Compounds
The Lewis structure is a combination of Lewis symbols that represents either the transfer or the sharing of electrons in
chemical bonds.

There are four important key points to remember during ionic bond formation. First, there is a conservation of matter
during the interaction. That is, no atom will lose (an) electron(s) without having another atom gain the same number of
electron(s) given up. Second, metals will lose their electrons to nonmetals. Third, metals are cation formers while nonmetals are
anion formers. And fourth, when an atom gains or loses electrons, it becomes isoelectronic to a noble gas.

Exercise 2. For the following pairs of atoms, use the Lewis symbol for each atom to illustrate properly the electron transfer
during ionic bond formation and draw the Lewis structure of the corresponding ionic compound and then determine its
chemical formula and name.

Atom Lewis Structure Chemical Formula of Chemical Name

the Compound

1.) K and Cl

2.) Mg and S

3.) Al and P

4.) K and P

5.) Al and O

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