If you would draw the Lewis structures of these atoms, you would see that A has 2 electron pairs and 2 lone electrons (that can bond). For B you’d see that you only have 1 electron that can form a bond. This means that 1 atom of A (2 lone electrons) can bond with 2 atoms of B. To know the kind of bond you have to know wether or not there will be a ‘donation’ of an electron from one atom to another. This happens when the number of electrons on one atoms is equal to the number of electrons another atom needs to reach the noble gas structure. As you can see, this is not the case here. This means that you get an AB2 structure with covalent character.
Possibly, Yes if it is proven
In an exothermic reaction, heat is released. Heat released is determined by finding the difference of the total bonding energy of the product and the reactants. Since the heat released is negative, the bonding energy of the products should be greater than that of the reactants.
Answer: B) The energy of the solid increases, and the particles begin to slide past each other.
Explanation:
The energy of the solid matter is required to be increased so that molecules of the solid matter get separated from each other and an transition from solid matter to liquid matter occurs. The liquid components of the matter will slide past each other as they have obtain energy for fluidity. The liquid iron can be molded into any shape and the energy decreases considerably.