Question

What type of compound is created when potassium and chlorine combine explain how they combine and write the chemical formula. Need ASAP will mark brainliest

Answer 1

Answer : Ionic compound is created when potassium and chlorine combine. The chemical formula of the compound is KCl.

Explanation :

When potassium and chlorine combine then the type of compound created is Ionic compound.

Ionic compound : These are those compounds which are made of a metal element and non-metal element. Salts are ionic compound which consists of a positive and negative ions.

The electronic configuration of Potassium is,

$1s^22s^22p^63s^23p^64s^1$

The electronic configuration of Chlorine is,

$1s^22s^22p^63s^23p^5$

From this we conclude that the potassium atom is a metal which has 1 electron in their valence shell and chlorine atom is a non-metal which has 7 electrons in their valence shell. For the complete octet, chlorine atom needs only 1 electron which it receives from the potassium atom.

During this process, potassium atom will loses 1 electron and acquire positive charge and chlorine atom will gain 1 electron from potassium atom and acquire negative charge.

$K^++Cl^-\rightarrow KCl$

The chemical formula of the compound is KCl.