Oxygen have 6 electrons on the outer sell so it need 2 more electrons to gain full outer shell.
Magnesium have 2 electrons on the outer sell so It have to lose 2 electrons to gain full outer sell.
They combine easily by a strong ionic bond.
Its formula is MgO, it has no overall charge.
In order for an atom to be stable, it needs to have 8 valence electrons in its outer orbit (but only 2 in the atom's first orbit ex. Helium)
magnesium has 12 electrons; 2 in the first orbit, 8 in the second, and 2 in the third. since the last orbit has less than 4 electrons, it's easier for it to just drop its electrons so the next orbit has 8 and the atom becomes stable.
oxygen has 8 electrons; 2 in the first orbit and 6 in the second.
since its last orbit has more than 4 electrons, it would be easier for it to take 2 more electrons so it would have 8 and be stable.
so what happens is, magnesium will give up its 2 valence electrons and it will now have 8 in its new valence orbit and be stable. Oxygen takes the 2 electrons from magnesium and it now has 8 valence electrons, and its also stable.
Chemical reactions can be thought of as the result of all elements moving toward a more stable arrangement of electrons, which requires eight electrons in the outer shell. Magnesium accomplishes this by getting rid of two electrons, and oxygen accomplishes it by acquiring two additional electrons, so if a magnesium atom gives its two excess electrons to an oxygen atom, they both get what they need very neatly.
oxygen has 6 valence electrons and needs 2 more to become stable
magnesium has 2 valence electrons
magnesium can satisfy oxygen so that they can become stable
The reaction is:
2 Mg + O2 = 2MgO
An ionic bond
As an example Magnesium and oxygen have an ionic bond between them to form magnesium oxide. :)
Magnesium and bromine form an ionic bond.
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An ionic bond
As an example Magnesium and oxygen have an ionic bond between them to form magnesium oxide. :)
it is ionic bonding because magnesium is a metal and oxygen is not. ionic bonding occurs between a metal and non-metal
Yes: Each magnesium atom transfers its two valence electrons to an oxygen atom to form the ionic compound magnesium oxide.
A ionic bond will form. Magnesium will lose two electrons and the two chlorine atoms will pick up one atom each. It will become magnesium dichloride (MgCl2). I believe that a polar - covalent bond will form. .3 to1.7 difference in electronegativity is polar covalent. and when you subtract the electronegativity of the two elements you get .5 and that falls in the polar covalent area.
Magnesium and oxygen as in magnesium oxide
Magnesium and iodine react to form the ionic compound magnesium iodide - MgI2.
Magnesium and bromine form an ionic bond.
Magnesium oxide has ionic bonds because it is between a Metal (Mg) and a Nonmetal (O) and Magnesium offers 2 of its electrons to Oxygen in order for Oxygen to form a full Octet (8 electrons in the valence).
This bond is ionic.
Magnesium and sulfur are much more likely than nitrogen and oxygen to form an ionic bond, because the difference in electronegativity between sulfur and magnesium is much greater than the difference in electronegativity between nitrogen and oxygen. Another way of phrasing the reason is that magnesium is a metal and sulfur a nonmetal, while nitrogen and oxygen are both nonmetals.
Ionic