ow do you do an ionic bond for lithium with potassium? How do you do an ionic bond for lithium with oxygen?  How do you do an ionic bond for lithium with Cl?

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How do you do an ionic bond for lithium with potassium?

How do you do an ionic bond for lithium with oxygen? 

How do you do an ionic bond for lithium with Cl?

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An ionic bond is formed because of the electrostatic attraction between two oppositely charged ions. In ionic bond, an atom donates the electron to the other atom. In that way the atom that gains the electrons gets negative charge and the atom that loses the electrons gets positive charge.

So, the basic requirement is the transfer of electron from one atom to other.

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In case of lithium and potassium, both are electropositive elements and both have 1 electron in their valence shell. Therefore, both have tendencies to donate electrons. But to form an ionic bond we also require an atom that can accept electrons. Therefore because of electron donating nature of both lithium and potassium, ionic bond is not possible in between them.

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