What element would a metal, like sodium, most likely combine with?

magnesium

bromine

argon

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Livia Houston

18 October, 19:01

What element would a metal, like sodium, most likely combine with?

magnesium

bromine

argon

silicon

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Jeramiah Kramer · Answer 1

The element that is sodium would most likely combine and form an ionic bond with a nonmetal as bromine. It does this by the transfer of valence electrons from sodium, which is 1, to the bromine atom, that is now an ion. Both ions attract towards each other and form this type of chemical bond.

What element would a metal, like sodium, most likely combine with?magnesiumbromineargonsilicon

What element would a metal, like sodium, most likely combine with?

magnesium

bromine

argon

silicon