MgO is an ionic white solid.
Yes, magnesium chloride and methane are both covalent substances. Magnesium chloride has a covalent bond between magnesium and chloride ions, while methane has covalent bonds between carbon and hydrogen atoms.
no. it only has ionic as far as i know.
The convention of adding number prefixes such as di- and tri- to a compound's name is generally reserved for covalent compounds (carbon dioxide, nitrogen trichloride). Magnesium bromide is an ionic compound, so a different naming convention applies.
Because its ionic bonds between magnesium and oxygen are stronger and more stable than the metallic bonds between magnesium and the covalent bonds between oxygen
Magnesium sulfate is a chemical compound.
no.
Magnesium chloride is an ionic compound.
Magnesium chloride is a compound, not a bond of any kind. The compound is ionic.
Magnesium Chloride cannot be formed by covalent bonding because there is a metal element. Covalent bonding occurs only when two or more non-metals bond; thus Hydrogen Fluoride would be formed by covalent bonding.
Magnesium carbonate, MgCO3, is an ionic compound containing magnesium ions, Mg2+, each with a 2+ charge and carbonate ions, (CO3)2-, each with a 2- charge. However, the bonding between the carbon and oxygen atoms in the (CO3)2- ion is covalent, and coordinate covalent (dative).
Yes, magnesium chloride and methane are both covalent substances. Magnesium chloride has a covalent bond between magnesium and chloride ions, while methane has covalent bonds between carbon and hydrogen atoms.
no. it only has ionic as far as i know.
MgF2 Magnesium, an alkaline earth metal of 2+ ionic charge and two fluorine, a nonmetal, atoms of 1- charge each form a ionic bond
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.
K2O is potassium oxide.
They do not bond together, and if they does in a critical condition, it would preferably form a metallic bond.
The convention of adding number prefixes such as di- and tri- to a compound's name is generally reserved for covalent compounds (carbon dioxide, nitrogen trichloride). Magnesium bromide is an ionic compound, so a different naming convention applies.