Is sulfur a ionic compound

Answer 1

No, sulphur is an element. Sulfur can form an unusually broad variety of molecules consisting of nothing but sulfur atoms, but all of them are covalent.

You generally only get ionic compounds if your reactants are a metal and a non-metal. If not, then it's probably covalent.

For example, zinc sulphide (ZnS) is an ionic compound, because you're combining a metal (zinc) with a nonmetal (sulphur). On the other hand, sulphur dioxide (SO2) is a covalent compound, since both reactants are nonmetals.

Answer 2

Sulfur is a nonmetal and typically forms covalent bonds rather than ionic bonds. Ionic compounds are formed between a metal and a nonmetal, where electrons are transferred, while covalent compounds involve sharing electrons.