{"id":5468,"date":"2022-07-02T08:32:28","date_gmt":"2022-07-02T08:32:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mdr.foobrdigital.com\/?p=5468"},"modified":"2022-07-02T08:32:28","modified_gmt":"2022-07-02T08:32:28","slug":"the-why-questions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mudassirbackup.infinitycodestudio.com\/index.php\/2022\/07\/02\/the-why-questions\/","title":{"rendered":"The Why Questions"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Electronic Configuration<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Group 1 elements \u2013 Alkali metals<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table is-style-stripes\"><table><tbody><tr><td><strong>Element<\/strong><\/td><td><strong>Electronic Configuration&nbsp;<\/strong><\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Lithium(Li)<\/td><td>2,1<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Sodium(Na)<\/td><td>2,8,1<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Potassium(K)<\/td><td>2,8,8,1<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Rubidium(Rb)<\/td><td>2,8,18,8,1<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Group 2 elements \u2013 Alkaline earth metals<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table is-style-stripes\"><table><tbody><tr><td><strong>Element<\/strong><\/td><td><strong>Electronic Configuration&nbsp;<\/strong><\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Beryllium(Be)<\/td><td>2,2<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Magnesium(Mg)<\/td><td>2,8,2<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Calcium(Ca)<\/td><td>2,8,8,2<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Stronium(Sr)<\/td><td>2,8,18,8,2<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">How Do Metals and Nonmetals React<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Metals lose valence electron(s) and form cations.<br>Non-metals gain those electrons in their valence shell and form anions.<br>The cation and the anion are attracted to each other by strong electrostatic force, thus forming an ionic bond.<br>For example: In calcium chloride, the ionic bond is formed by opposite charged calcium&nbsp;and chloride ions.<br>Calcium atom loses 2 electrons and&nbsp;attains the electronic configuration of the&nbsp;nearest noble gas (Ar). By doing so, it gains a&nbsp;net charge of +2.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn1.byjus.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/Metals-and-Non-Metals-2-700x383.png\" alt=\"CBSE Class 10 Science notes Chapter 3 - 2\" class=\"wp-image-1249842\" title=\"CBSE Class 10 Science notes Chapter 3 - 2\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The two Chlorine atoms take one electron each, thus gaining a charge of -1 (each) and attain the electronic configuration of the nearest noble gas (Ar).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn1.byjus.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/Metals-and-Non-Metals-3-700x383.png\" alt=\"CBSE Class 10 Science notes Chapter 3 - 3\" class=\"wp-image-1249858\" title=\"CBSE Class 10 Science notes Chapter 3 - 3\"\/><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Electronic Configuration Group 1 elements \u2013 Alkali metals Element Electronic Configuration&nbsp; Lithium(Li) 2,1 Sodium(Na) 2,8,1 Potassium(K) 2,8,8,1 Rubidium(Rb) 2,8,18,8,1 Group 2 elements \u2013 Alkaline earth metals Element Electronic Configuration&nbsp; Beryllium(Be) 2,2 Magnesium(Mg) 2,8,2 Calcium(Ca) 2,8,8,2 Stronium(Sr) 2,8,18,8,2 How Do Metals and Nonmetals React Metals lose valence electron(s) and form cations.Non-metals gain those electrons in their [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[637],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mudassirbackup.infinitycodestudio.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5468"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mudassirbackup.infinitycodestudio.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mudassirbackup.infinitycodestudio.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mudassirbackup.infinitycodestudio.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mudassirbackup.infinitycodestudio.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5468"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/mudassirbackup.infinitycodestudio.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5468\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mudassirbackup.infinitycodestudio.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5468"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mudassirbackup.infinitycodestudio.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5468"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mudassirbackup.infinitycodestudio.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5468"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}