Question

A template of a Venn diagram representing common and differentiating characteristics of covalent and ionic bonds is shown.

Answer 1

Answer:

Formed between an atom that tends to lose electrons and an atom that tends to gain electrons

Explanation:

Exclusively, space A is made up of atoms that tends to lose electrons and an atom that leads to gain of electrons.

This is one of the unique properties of ionic or electrovalent bond.

• In this bond type, there is transfer of electrons from one specie to another.
• The metal which is the more electronegative specie loses electron.
• The non-metal gains the electrons and becomes negatively charged leading the metals to be positively charged.
• The electrostatic attraction between the metal and non-metal leads to the formation of an ionic bond.