The discussion centers on the chemical interaction between silicon and neon, highlighting that silicon has a positive 4 charge while neon is neutral. Participants conclude that silicon and neon do not react under standard conditions, similar to the example of aluminum and chlorine forming AlCl3 due to their charge balance. The consensus is that in a high school or first-year university context, the expected answer is that no compound forms between silicon and neon.
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I don't see how you would react the two without wildly exciting the neon. Is this a homework question? Does it give the option "does not react"?finallegend1 said:If aluminum has a positive 3 charge and chlorine has a negative 1 charge, then the formula becomes AlCl3, because the negative three in chlorine would balance out the positive 3 in aluminum right? So, what about this? Silion has a positive 4 charge. and neon has a neutral charge. What would the compound be?
So long as this is a high school or first year university question, they don't react.finallegend1 said:Hmm...it never gave any options..
But I could still say that these won't react...
Is that your final conclusion?