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Magnesium chloride has an ionic bond.
no. it only has ionic as far as i know.
Magnesium oxide is an ionic compound, not a covalent compound. It is formed through the transfer of electrons from magnesium to oxygen, resulting in the formation of ionic bonds between the two elements.
No, MgCl2 is not covalent. It is an ionic compound formed by the transfer of electrons from magnesium to chlorine atoms. Magnesium loses two electrons and each chlorine gains one electron to form the ionic bond.
Magnesium typically forms ionic bonds, as it readily loses its two valence electrons to achieve a stable octet configuration. This creates a magnesium cation with a 2+ charge that can then form ionic bonds with anions.
It depends on the rule you use to classify it. Magnesium Sulfide is ionic, if using the metal-nonmetal rule. It is polar covalent, if using the 1.7 electronegativity difference rule. Both these rules are generalizations.
In this case, Mg has a value of 1.3 and N has a value of 3.0, so it is an ionic bond. Ionic and covalent bonds are on a continuum. Some "ionic" compounds are in fact partly covalent because the positive cation (e.g. magnesium) polarizes (attracts the electrons of) the anion forming a stronger bond than if it was 100% ionic. A table of ELECTRONEGATIVITY can help one determine whether a bond is ionic or covalent. The bigger the difference in electronegativity the more ionic the bond.