Is Na2CO3 a covalent or ionic bond?

Answer 1

Sodium carbonate is an ionic compound.

Answer 2

Firstly, all ionic compounds and covalent compounds are very easy to tell apart. An ionic compound, simply put is a metal bonded to a nonmetal. And a covalent bond is a nonmetal bonded to a nonmetal. So Na2CO3 would be an ionic compound because Na(Sodium) is a metal and CO3(Carbonate) is a nonmetal. And by the way (if you wanted to know) a metal bonded to a metal is called a metallic bond :) Hope this helps

Answer 3

Sodium carbonate (Na2CO3) has both ionic and covalent bonds. Sodium (Na) is found in the first column of the Periodic Table, so it is a metal, and in presence of nonmetals, it will donate an electron and develop a +1 charge.

In the case of sodium bicarbonate, the nonmetal is polyatomic, i.e., it has more that one atom. In fact, it has a central carbon with 3 covalently bound oxygens around it. There are covalently bound because carbon and oxygen are both nonmetals. Since there are 2 sodium ions with a +1 charge, the carbonate ion will have a -2 charge: two extra electrons shared by the 3 oxygen atoms.

Answer 4

Na2CO3 is an ionic compound composed of sodium ions (Na+) and carbonate ions (CO3^2-). Ionic bonds are formed between metal and non-metal atoms, so Na2CO3 is considered to have ionic bonds.