Expert: Leo Carr - 3/28/2006

Question
1.examples of unreactive elements

2.examples of chemical bonding with strong and weak electrostatic force of attraction
3.during ionic bonding, the participated electrons are called

Answer
1.  Some examples of "elements" that are non-reactive would be the noble gases. Why? Due to their octect-8 electrons in there outer shell. While they can react it is not common.
2.  Electrostatic forces comprise 3 types of attracton:
 a. Hydrogen bonding - probably the strongest
 b. dipole-to-dipole
 c. London forces - probably the weakest; common to non-polar species.
Both a and b are common to polar species. Of course hydrogen must be present for hydrogen bonding, but also oxygen, or nitrogen, or fluorine can participate.

3.  Not sure what exactly your looking for with this question, but participated electrons in an ionic bond formation are "valence"(outer shell electrons)or  "transfered" electrons.  As opposed to spectator ions.