Name: ____________________________
Block ____________
IONIC COMPOUNDS LAB!
Directions:
1. First answer questions 1- 6. See your instructor after answering the
below questions about your element.
2. Make as many compounds as you can in the time allotted by your instructor.
3. Find someone with an oppositely charged ion than you.
4. When you find a suitable element to ionically bond with, record the following information in the
appropriate spaces below.
Questions 1 through 6 are to be answered by you:
1. What element are you?
2. What type of element are you…metal or nonmetal?
3. What family do you belong to…alkali, alkaline earth, boron, carbon, nitrogen, oxygen, halogen,
or noble gas family?
4. How many valence electrons do you have?
5. Do you want to give away valence electrons, or take valence electrons? ____________
6. How many valence electrons do you need to give away or take? ___________________
Each Ionic Compound Box is to be answered when you form a bond with another atom (during
discussion with another person!) You can tear away electrons from the atoms in order to transfer them
to another atom!
IONIC COMPOUND #1
Nonmetal element
Metal element
Element that will be a “electron taker or
stealer”
Element that will be a “electron giver or
donor”
Charge on metal after electrons were
stolen from it
Charge on non-metal after the stealing
occurred
Number of valence electrons around
metal after stealing occurred
Number of valence electrons around
non-metal after stealing occurred
Number of total metal atoms it took to
form a bond or compound
Number of total non-metal atoms it took
to form a bond or compound
Name of ionic compound
Formula of Ionic Compound
IONIC COMPOUND #2
Nonmetal element
Metal element
Element that will be a “electron taker or
stealer”
Element that will be a “electron giver or
donor”
Charge on metal after electrons were
stolen from it
Charge on non-metal after the stealing
occurred
Number of valence electrons around
metal after stealing occurred
Number of valence electrons around
non-metal after stealing occurred
Number of total metal atoms it took to
form a bond or compound
Number of total non-metal atoms it took
to form a bond or compound
Name of ionic compound
Formula of Ionic Compound
IONIC COMPOUND #3
Nonmetal element
Metal element
Element that will be a “electron taker or
stealer”
Element that will be a “electron giver or
donor”
Charge on metal after electrons were
stolen from it
Charge on non-metal after the stealing
occurred
Number of valence electrons around
metal after stealing occurred
Number of valence electrons around
non-metal after stealing occurred
Number of total metal atoms it took to
form a bond or compound
Number of total non-metal atoms it took
to form a bond or compound
Name of ionic compound
Formula of Ionic Compound
IONIC COMPOUND #4
Nonmetal element
Metal element
Element that will be a “electron taker or
stealer”
Element that will be a “electron giver or
donor”
Charge on metal after electrons were
stolen from it
Charge on non-metal after the stealing
occurred
Number of valence electrons around
metal after stealing occurred
Number of valence electrons around
non-metal after stealing occurred
Number of total metal atoms it took to
form a bond or compound
Number of total non-metal atoms it took
to form a bond or compound
Name of ionic compound
Formula of Ionic Compound
IONIC COMPOUND #5
Nonmetal element
Metal element
Element that will be a “electron taker or
stealer”
Element that will be a “electron giver or
donor”
Charge on metal after electrons were
stolen from it
Charge on non-metal after the stealing
occurred
Number of valence electrons around
metal after stealing occurred
Number of valence electrons around
non-metal after stealing occurred
Number of total metal atoms it took to
form a bond or compound
Number of total non-metal atoms it took
to form a bond or compound
Name of ionic compound
Formula of Ionic Compound
Conclusion Questions:
1. Looking at each compound that was formed. What happens to ANY metals’ valence or
outside electrons when forming an ionic compound? What type of charge does a metal always
get after he forms an ionic compound?
2. Looking at each compound that was formed. What happens to ANY non-metals’ valence or
outside electrons when forming an ionic compound? What type of charge does a non-metal
always get after he forms an ionic compound?
3. Refer to your answers from questions 1 and 2, and describe how and why an ionic compound
forms.
4. Were there any situations where you formed an ionic compound, where it took more than just
one of each atom to form the compound? Explain why this was!
5. What charge did you form EVERY time you reacted with someone, no matter who you
reacted with?
6. Think back to the last lab – what would each of these ionic compounds look like after they
formed?