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Q: What compounds contain only non metals?
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Are molecular compounds usually non-metals?

Yes, most molecular compounds do not contain metals. (The term "nonmetal" properly applies only to elements, not compounds.)


What is a compound composed only of non metals?

Compounds that contain only non metal elements usually have covalent bonding and true molecules.


Are ionic compounds make of nonmetallic elements?

Generally ioic compounds contain metals and non metals. However the compound NH4Cl is ionic, and contains NH4+ and Cl- ,and all of the elements are non-metals.


Examples of ionic and covalent compounds?

Ionic compounds: NaCl, KOH, CuSO4, etc. Any compound containing a metal and a non-metal. In ionic compounds, metals have positive ions (they lose electrons to the non metal) and non-metals have negative ions (as they gain electrons from the metal) Covalent compounds: CH4, BF3, NH3, all hydrocarbons/ all compounds containing only non-metals.


Why reactions of ionic compound are faster than covalent compound?

Because ionic compounds contain a metal while the covalent compound contains only non-metals.


Are covalent bonds more likely to be found containing both metal and non metals or compounds containing only non metals?

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What compounds are formed with the element of chlorine?

chlorine forms ionic compounds with metals and covalent compounds with non-metals.


What element forms compounds with nonmetals?

Metals form compounds very easily with non-metals.


Which non-metals show only one oxidation number when they form compounds?

oxygen and fluorine


Do noble gases react with metals and non metals?

Nobles gasses will not react with metals or most nonmetals. Only a few noble gasses compounds exits, and none exist naturally. Noble gasses will only form compounds with fluorine and oxygen.


What is made when you add metals and non metals?

Metals and nonmetals form ionic compounds.


Covalent calcium compounds?

Calcium cannot form a covalent compound because it is a metal, covalent compounds are formed only from non-metals.