StasiaK StasiaK
  • 09-03-2015
  • Chemistry
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Give a theoretical reason why lithium and oxygen combine in the ratio 2:1

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Hippalectryon
Hippalectryon Hippalectryon
  • 23-03-2015
Lithium is in the first column of the periodic table and thus can only form one bond with another atom (its ion is Li+)

Oxygen can form two bonds (as in the dioxygen O2).

Hence if you conbine Li and O it has to be Li2O.
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