Are ionic compounds made of two medals?

Answer 1

No, they don't. I'll explain about ionic bonds...

Well, an ionic bond is always going to be a metal bonded to a non-metal. As both a metal and a non-metal have different electronegativities, as they're both on different sides of the Periodic Table. The element that has the higher electronegativity is the element which takes an electron from the element with less electronegativity. As the non-metal takes an electron from the metal, the metal becomes positively charged, and the non-metal becomes negatively charged. Then as opposite charges attract, they bond together, forming a polar ionic compound. Make sense?

Answer 2

An ionic compound is typically a bond between a metal and a non-metal. This is because metals have a tendency to lose electrons, while non-metals have a tendency to gain electrons.

A good example of this is sodium chloride (salt), NaCl. The positive ions of the metal sodium (Na+) bond with the negative ions of the non-metal chlorine (Cl-)

Answer 3

Generally ionic compounds are made from a metal and a non-metal, e.g. sodium chloride.

There are compounds where there are two different metals present as cations such as alum KAl(SO4)2.12H2O.

There are also some weird compounds that can be made such as cesium auride, CsAu, made by melting cesium and gold together which forms an ionic compound containing Au- ions.

Answer 4

No, ionic compounds are typically made of a metal and a nonmetal. Metals tend to lose electrons to form cations while nonmetals tend to gain electrons to form anions in order to achieve a stable electronic configuration. This difference in electron affinity between metals and nonmetals allows for the formation of ionic bonds in compounds.