Recent content by kassandra

No, just trying to figure out everything 100% I only had one set of questions and they are done. Now were just going over the chapters and i don't want to get behind

More questions lol. Ive looked this up and still can't get a clear answer. Lets say you have Boron...this atom has 5 valence electrons. I know that it can just have 3 covalent bonds with one other atom of Boron like this: :B lll B But could it not just have a single convalent...

I mean Mg 2+

ok i get it now...so it would be magnesium 2+

What would the chemical name for 12 protons and 10 electrons? This has been bugging me forever!

Thanks so much. I get it now...it took me long enough lol

thanks but I've already looked up that def. My question is why would an atom change its number of neutrons. and How am I supposed to know how many isoopes an atom has. PS I don't really appreciate rudeness, all I am doing is trying to understand more.

Can someone help explain Isotopes to me? First off, how am I supposed to know how many different isotopes a element can have? Why would an element become an isotope? Thanks

Can someone explain to me what the difference is between table salt disolving in water and table sugar disolving in water? This is something that came up in my Bio 12 class when we were talking about acids and bases and the Bronset Lowry Theory. Im guessing that the answer is nothing...there...

Ok so I just started taking this Bio 12 class after not being in High School for over 5 years! It is not what I thought it would be at all! Im kind of getting stuck on one topic and no matter who I talk to I still don't understand it. What is the dif between Atoms and Elements? I...