Question

Write an chemical equation of the reaction between a metal and non metal

Answer 1

Answer:

metal + non metal ---------> salt + hydrogen

Answer 2

The Sodium and the Chlorine atom are at a seperation, and then get ionized. After getting ionized, these ions come close to each other, and when they come close to each other, they attract each other, because, opposite charges attract.

Na+ + Cl- → NaCl

When these ions attract each other, they form a compound, in this case, Sodium chloride. In this way the metals react with the non-metals.

So, this is Scenario 1, where the metal and the non-metal atom first get ionized due to instability, and then come close together, and then attract each other and form the compound.