Ionic Bonding and Ionic
Compounds
For the 1987 Copyright of The Addison Wesley Textbook
2) State the octet rule. Use the octet rule to describe the reaction between elemental chlorine
and sodium.
3) Why are many elements more stable as ions than they are as atom?
4) What pairs of elements do you think would form ionic bonds?
5) Draw the electron dot formulas (Lewis dot stuctures) for the following elements and
the ions that they would most likely form..
a. Na
b. O
c. Be
d. P
e. Cu
f. Mo
g. Sb
h. Rb
