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Calcium oxide is an ionic compound.

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Is calcium oxide a convalenty bonded chemical?

No, it is an ionic compound.


Is calcium oxide a covalently bonded compound or a ionically bonded compound?

Calcium oxide is an ionically bonded compound that contains equal numbers of calcium cations with a charge of +2 and oxide anions with a charge of -2.


What is the name of the compound CaO3?

CaO is Calcium Oxide also known as quicklime.The systematic name of this compound is Calcium Oxide.


Would the compound calcium oxide have covalent or ionic bonds?

Ca2O should be an ionic bond since it is a metal(Ca) bonded to a non metal(0). Since it is oxIDE it is elemental oxygen.


Is calcium oxide an ionic compound?

No, Calcium acetate is not a molecular compound since it's formed by a combination of nonmetals (C, H, and O) and metal (Ca). Compounds consisting of nonmetals and metals are ionic, metal and metal are metallic compounds, nonmetal and nonmetal is molecular.


What is the binary ionic compound for calcium oxide?

The binary ionic compound for calcium oxide is CaO. It is formed by the combination of calcium (Ca) and oxygen (O) ions, where calcium has a 2+ charge and oxygen has a 2- charge.


Is Ca0 a ionic compound?

No, CaO is an ionic compound. It is composed of calcium (Ca) and oxygen (O) ions that are held together by ionic bonds.


Is Nitrogen oxide molecular of ionic?

Nitrogen oxide is a molecular compound, not an ionic compound. It is composed of nitrogen and oxygen atoms bonded together covalently.


What is the Name of the binary ionic compound CaO?

Calcium oxide.


Is calcium oxide a ionic compound or a covalent compound?

It is definitely IONIC . Here is the ionic eq'n Ca^(2+)(aq) + O^(2-)(aq) = CaO(s) Calcium oxide is otherwise known as 'Lime' or 'Quicklime'.


Are bonded calcium and oxygen atoms an element compound or mixture?

A compound, and it's name would be calcium oxide.


When oxygen is bonded to a metal it forms a n compound when it is bonded to a nonmetal it forms a n compound?

When oxygen is bonded to a metal, it forms an oxide compound. When oxygen is bonded to a nonmetal, it forms an oxide compound as well. Oxygen can form both ionic and covalent bonds with different elements depending on their electronegativity.