If the following elements were to form ions, what is the expectan...

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If the following elements were to form ions, what is the expectant charge?

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Hey everyone, we're being asked to identify the charges of each element when they form ions. So let's go ahead and start out with nitrogen. So for nitrogen, nitrogen is going to have A -3 charge. And the reason why is because it's in our group five a. So essentially we're going to subtract a charge From group a. To reach our nitrogen. So that's three spots away from our group a. So that means we have a -3 charge. Now for calcium, calcium is on the left side of our periodic table. So calcium is going to have a positive charge And that charge is going to be a plus two. And that's because it's in our group to a so where two places from the left, so plus two, moving on to potassium, potassium is in our group one a. So that means potassium is going to have a plus one charge. And lastly looking at chlorine, chlorine is going to have A -1 Charge. And the reason why is because it's in our group seven a. So 8 -1 Will get us to that seven. So that's why chlorine has that -1 charge. So I hope that made sense. And let us know if you have any questions

If the following elements were to form ions, what is the expectant charge?

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