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What is the name ending for compounds made from a metal nonmetals and oxygen?
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These compounds are oxides.
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What are the properties that define an element as a non-metal?
- many nonmetals are gaseous or liquids- densities are not high- hardness of solid elements is not high- nonmetals form frequently anions- nonmetals form frequently compounds with covalent bonds
What is the state of matter of most nonmetals?
Some are solid (eg carbon) some are gaseous (eg oxygen) and one is liquid (bromine).
What causes OJ to rust a nail?
Rust occurs when a metal oxidizes. The ingredients needed to make a metal rust is oxygen and breaking compounds such as the citric acid in orange juice or salty water in oceans.
Metal compounds made of two or more metallic elements are known as?
Metal compounds made of two or more metallic elements are usually called ALLOYS. However, there are true compounds and these are often known simply as inter-metallic compounds.
Is NaF a metal or non metal?
Description belongs to the class of inorganic compounds known as alkali metal fluorides. These are inorganic compounds in which the largest halogen atom is fluorine, and the heaviest metal atom is an alkali metal. Kingdom Inorganic compounds
How can you identify a covalent compound?
covalent compounds is two nonmetals. example: phosphorus and oxygen are a covalent compound. ionic compounds is when you have a metal and a nonmetal or a metal and a polyatomic.
How are nonmetals in ionic compounds named?
Nonmetals(anion) are written second after the metal(cation).
Why does metal link up with nonmetals?
to form compounds
Is sulfur metal nonmetal or metalloid?
There is no known "sulfur metal". Sulfur is a nonmetal element, but in compounds with more electronegative nonmetals, such as oxygen, fluorine, and chlorine, sulfur can have a positive oxidation state.
What elements do nonmetals react with?
Nonmetals may react with metal to form ionic compounds (salts) or other nonmetal elements to form organic compounds.
Is nitrogen oxygen metal or nonmetal?
nitrogen and oxygen are nonmetals and they both are gases
Is mgo a metal?
No. MgO is magnesium oxide. It is a compound. Compounds cannot be considered as metals or nonmetals.
Expain why ionic compounds are formed when a metal atom bonds with a nonmetal but covalent compounds are formed when two nonmetals bond?
In order to stay stable, nonmetals must share electrons. A metal bonding with a nonmetal is able to stay stable without sharing.
Is barium oxide covalent?
no it is ionic, because barium is a metal and oxygen (the "oxide") is a nonmetal. Covalent bonds are between nonmetals and nonmetals.
Why do chemists call compounds salts?
not all compounds arte called salt. only those in which metal and nonmetals combine to form a compound.
What mineral group contains compounds of oxygen and a metal?
metal oxides
Does oxygen naturally form compounds?
yes. If the metal is reactive enough then oxygen naturally forms compounds.(oxides)
