Question

Explain the formation of sodium oxide by using nelectron dot structure

Answer 1

During the bond formation between Sodium and Oxygen, two Sodium atoms loses one electron each to Oxygen atom. It is two electrons short of octet configuration, thus it will gain two electrons

Answer 2

Answer:

We put the two ions together to complete the Lewis structure for Na2O. Note that Na2O is also called Sodium oxide. ... In the case of ionic compounds, where we have a metal bonded to a non-metal (or group of non-metals), the Lewis diagram represents a formula unit. Many of these formula units make up a crystal lattice.