I NEED HELP BAD!!!!! Given the compound BaF2:
a. Write the electron dot structures for a neutral barium atom and two neutral fluorine atoms.
b. Show the electron transfer.
c. Write the electron dot structures for the ions.

Question

I NEED HELP BAD!!!!! Given the compound BaF2:
a. Write the electron dot structures for a neutral barium atom and two neutral fluorine atoms.
b. Show the electron transfer.
c. Write the electron dot structures for the ions.

photon336 · Answer

Well Fluorine is in group 7 it has 7 valence electrons. 

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and 

barium is 

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barium is a metal so it wants to lose its electrons. and fluorine has a non metal and wants an extra electron badly. 

so it would end up looking like this: 

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