By referring only to the periodic table, select (d) the element in the group K, C, Zn, F that is most likely to form an ionic compound with Ba.

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Hi everyone for this problem were asked to identify which of the listed elements is most likely to form an ionic compound with chlorine, referring only to the periodic table and were given four elements. Okay, so an ionic compound is one that gains or loses electrons. So that means we need to no our ionization energy trend when it comes to looking at the periodic table and our ionization energy trend looks like this. Okay. And in regards to the elements that were given, we see that potassium R. K. Has the least among the given. So that means potassium would be the easiest to lose electrons which chlorine can gain. So our answer here is that K is most likely to form an ionic compound with quarry. Okay. And we did this by looking we've solved this by looking at our periodic table and our ionization energy trend. That's the end of this problem. I hope this was helpful.