Magnesium carbonate (MgCO3) is an ionic compound. Magnesium is a metal with a tendency to lose electrons, while carbonate is a polyatomic ion composed of covalently bonded atoms. In MgCO3, magnesium forms a cation and carbonate forms an anion, resulting in an ionic bond.
MgCO3 is a compound made up of an ionic bond between magnesium (Mg) and the polyatomic ion carbonate (CO3). The carbonate ion has covalent bonds within it, but overall the compound is considered to have ionic bonding due to the transfer of electrons between magnesium and carbonate.
magnesium carbonate
It is ionic
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).
Bases can be both ionic and covalent in nature.
MgCO3 is a compound made up of an ionic bond between magnesium (Mg) and the polyatomic ion carbonate (CO3). The carbonate ion has covalent bonds within it, but overall the compound is considered to have ionic bonding due to the transfer of electrons between magnesium and carbonate.
magnesium carbonate
Is CsL ionic or covalent
The two main types of chemical bonds are ionic and covalent.
No, but the bond in sodium chloride is covalent.
Covalent
covalent
It is ionic
Covalent
Covalent
Covalent
Covalent