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sweet-ann [11.9K]
3 years ago
8

What happens to the potassium atom when it reacts with the chlorine atom? What is the electron configuration of the potassium af

ter the change?
Chemistry
1 answer:
hodyreva [135]3 years ago
3 0

Answer:

See explanation

Explanation:

Potassium is a metal. Remember that metals are electropositive in nature. This implies that they give out electrons when they undergo ionic bonding with nonmetals.

Chlorine is a nonmetal. So the bond between chlorine and potassium is ionic.  Potassium gives out one electron to chlorine and the both ions now attain a stable octet.

The electronic configuration of potassium is [Ar]4s1. After giving out an electron to chlorine in an ionic bond, its electronic configuration is now [Ar].

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