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Consider the elements 8B, 20A. What type of bond will be formed when element B and A react with each other. Also find out in which group, A and B elements are present in the periodic table.

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Electronic configuration of 8B is [2, 6]. It needs two electrons to complete its octet.

Electronic configuration of 20A is [2, 8, 8, 2]. It wants to donate two electrons in order to obtain a stable octet configuration.

Hence, ionic bond is formed as 20A loses two electrons and 8B gains two electrons and both attain a stable octet.

8B [2, 6] is present in group VIA and 20A [2, 8, 8, 2] is present in group in IIA as the group of an elements is predicted from the number of electrons in the valence shell.

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