Silicon is the second most abundant element in Earth’s crust. It is used in the electronics industry to manufacture transistors, and in the construction industry to produce concrete and Portland cement. The following graph shows the relative abundances of the naturally occurring silicon isotopes.

Which of these best describes an ionic bond?

Flourine is found to undergo 10% radioactivity decay in 366 minutes determine its halflife

1)each group 16 element has how many valence electrons? ( )4 ( )6 ( )8 ( )16 2)how many dots appear in the dot structure for calcium ion, ca2+? ( )zero ( )one ( )two ( )eight 3) which of the following atoms forms a cation to obtain an octet of outer shell electrons? ( )magnesium ( )oxygen ( )fluorine ( )helium 4) an al3+ ion contains 13 protons and 10 electrons. ( )true ( )false 5) valence and non-valence electrons are represented in lewis dot structures. ( )true ( )false