Question 1 • EA Academy Online Learning and Digital Citizenship Elective Spring
Ionic bonds usually form between a metal and a nonmetal, when electrons transfer from one atom to the other. Potassium (K) is a metal and bromine (Br) is a nonmetal, so they form the ionic compound KBr. Carbon and hydrogen, hydrogen and oxygen, and two copper atoms form covalent or metallic bonds instead.
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