cheungcheung Posted May 19, 2004 Share Posted May 19, 2004 My teacher asked my class to do a homework to find the properties of hydrogen. I want to know that why once hydrogen atoms combines with other non-metal atoms, it shares its electrons instead of losing it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bryn Posted May 19, 2004 Share Posted May 19, 2004 Not too sure but i think it's because if you strip hydrogen of it's electron it becomes just a proton, with a high densitiy of positive charge. That positive charge then just pulls those electrons straight back again until there in a region inbetween the two nuclei. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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