Question

Lithium is present in group 1 and nitrogen is present in group 15 in the modern periodic table. They react together to form an ionic compound, lithium nitride. What happens to the electrons when lithium and nitrogen form ions?

Answer 1

Answer:

Explanation:

What happens to electrons when lithium atoms and nitrogen atoms form ions?

Lithium reacts with nitrogen to form the ionic compound lithium nitride. What happens to the electrons when lithium atoms and nitrogen atoms form ions? Potassium, K, forms a compound with fluorine, Ions are formed when atoms lose or gain electrons.

Answer 2

When lithium nitride is formed, the electrons from the lithium atom are donated to the nitrogen atom to form an ionic bond.

Explanation:

IONIC BOND -  

• The ionic bond is formed by electrostatic attraction between two reacting atoms in a chemical compound.
• Lithium is an alkaline earth metal that is present in group I of the periodic table.
• It consists of 3 electrons with electronic configuration as 2,1 in K and L shells respectively.
• The atom loses one electron to attain a stable configuration and forms a monovalent cation.
• Nitrogen is present in the V group of the periodic table.
• The nitrogen atom has an electronic configuration of 2,3 in K and L shells respectively.
• It accepts electrons from the lithium atoms to attain stability.
• Three lithium atoms lose 3 electrons and nitrogen accepts 3 electrons to form an ionic compound.
• The ionic compound formed in lithium nitride($Li_3N$).