Magnesium Bromide and Nitrogen Trifluoride The two compounds I will be evaluating are Magnesium Bromide and Nitrogen Trifluoride. Magnesium Bromide is an Ionic compound, usually found in sedatives. While Nitrogen Trifluoride is a molecular compound, often used my industrial companies to clean a variety of equipment due to its room temperature stability and easy and safe to use form. These compounds’ lewis structures are in figure 1. Drawing lewis structures for compounds are a great way of visualizing how the elements bond together. To draw a lewis structure, first determine the number of valence electrons. Valence electrons are the number of electrons in an element’s outer most shell. After finding the number of valence electrons, you are
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Magnesium has two valence electrons and bromine has seven valence electrons. This means that within their chemical bond, magnesium looses its valence electrons to bromine. Ionic compounds are created from a metal and a nonmetal. In Magnesium bromide, Magnesium is the metal and Bromine is the nonmetal. Ionic compounds tend to high melting points. Magnesium bromide has a melting point of 1,312 degrees Fahrenheit and 711 degrees celsius. It is soluble in water and is conductive.Within this ionic bond, there are two bromine atoms and one magnesium atom. One of magnesium’s valence electrons go to each of the bromide atoms, which creates a balance between protons and electrons. (Figure 1) When interpreting the lewis structure for Magnesium Bromine, it is important to understand the charges of each of the elements. Since magnesium has two valence electrons, it has a charge of positive two. Since bromine has a near full outer shell with seven valence electrons, it has a charge of negative one. When looking at the lewis diagram, there are two bromines, this happens because two bromine atoms are needed to balance the charge. Bromine also is shown with eight dots around it, this displays bromines full outer shell when bonded with
Magnesium has two valence electrons and bromine has seven valence electrons. This means that within their chemical bond, magnesium looses its valence electrons to bromine. Ionic compounds are created from a metal and a nonmetal. In Magnesium bromide, Magnesium is the metal and Bromine is the nonmetal. Ionic compounds tend to high melting points. Magnesium bromide has a melting point of 1,312 degrees Fahrenheit and 711 degrees celsius. It is soluble in water and is conductive.Within this ionic bond, there are two bromine atoms and one magnesium atom. One of magnesium’s valence electrons go to each of the bromide atoms, which creates a balance between protons and electrons. (Figure 1) When interpreting the lewis structure for Magnesium Bromine, it is important to understand the charges of each of the elements. Since magnesium has two valence electrons, it has a charge of positive two. Since bromine has a near full outer shell with seven valence electrons, it has a charge of negative one. When looking at the lewis diagram, there are two bromines, this happens because two bromine atoms are needed to balance the charge. Bromine also is shown with eight dots around it, this displays bromines full outer shell when bonded with