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An example is what we call a salt - say solid crystalline sodium chloride - dissolved in water it becomes both types of ions: the sodium atom becomes a positively charged atom / ion while the chlorine atom becomes a negatively charged atom / ion.
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Is MgCI2 a molecule?
MgCI2 does not exist. The formula is MgCl2 with a lowercase L. This compound is ionic.
Does the chemical formula of an ionic compound show the atoms in a molecule?
No. The chemical formula of an ionic compound is a formula unit and represents the lowest whole number ratio of ions in the compound. Ionic compounds are not made of molecules.
Is a covalent bond basic unit called formula unit?
No, the basic unit for a covalent bond is a molecule and for ionic it is formula units.
Is CH2O a ionic compound?
CH20 is sugar molecule. it is the chemical formula for sugar.
Is sodium chloride (NaCl) a molecule or a compound?
Sodium chloride is an ionic compound; the term "molecule" is not adequate because NaCl form large lattices.
How many atoms does a molecule of NaCl have?
The formula unit -NaCl - (not a molecule) contain two atoms.
Why ionic compounds do not posses molecular formula?
it is not a molecule
Would ionic or covalent molecules use the molecular formula or empirical formula?
What you write for an ionic compound is called the formula unit, but the formula unit is almost always the same as the empirical formula. The answer to your question could not be the molecular formula because an ionic compound is not a molecule.
Is MgCI2 a molecule?
MgCI2 does not exist. The formula is MgCl2 with a lowercase L. This compound is ionic.
Is H2O a formula unit?
No. It is a molecule. The term formula unit is generally reserved for ionic compounds.
Does the chemical formula of an ionic compound show the atoms in a molecule?
No. The chemical formula of an ionic compound is a formula unit and represents the lowest whole number ratio of ions in the compound. Ionic compounds are not made of molecules.
What is salts molecular?
For ionic compounds the correct term is formula unit, not molecule.
Is NaCL a formula that represents a nonpolar molecule?
No its ionic because its a metal and nonmetal combined
Is a covalent bond basic unit called formula unit?
No, the basic unit for a covalent bond is a molecule and for ionic it is formula units.
NaCl is not a molecule but a formula unit?
Yes, it is correct - NaCl is a formula unit of sodium chloride; ionic compounds hasn't a true chemical formula.
What is the smallest part of a compound that retains the property of that compound?
The traditional answer is molecule. However, it is not now usual to refer to a formula unit of an ionic compound in this way.
What the molecule of salt NaCl?
Today NaCl is considered the formula unit of sodium chloride, not the true chemical formula of the molecule; NaCl form very complex lattices, as other ionic salts.
