Figure 1: The generation of a cation. Credit: Technology Networks. Elements in group 18 of the periodic table – the “noble gases”, tend not to form ions due to the arrangement of their electrons which ...

and those with the highest energy are the ones involved in forming chemical bonds and ions. Elements in the same column in the periodic table (‘homologues’) share similar chemical properties ...

Figure 1: The generation of a cation. Credit: Technology Networks. Elements in group 18 of the periodic table – the “noble gases”, tend not to form ions due to the arrangement of their electrons which ...