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If it's a non-metal and non-metal, it is a colvalent bond. If it's metal and non-metal or metal and metal, then it is ionic. Magnesium Sulfate (MgSO4 / Magnesium + Sulfate) is IONICbecause it is a metal and non-metal but it has a convalent bond in it, which is SO4 (Sulfur + Oxygen).

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What type of bond is magnesium?

If it's a non-metal and non-metal, it is a colvalent bond. If it's metal and non-metal or metal and metal, then it is ionic. Magnesium Sulfate (MgSO4 / Magnesium + Sulfate) is IONICbecause it is a metal and non-metal but it has a convalent bond in it, which is SO4 (Sulfur + Oxygen).


Is magnesium sulfate polar or non polar?

Neither. Magnesium sulphate is ionic; individually the sulphate ion is polar.


Will magnesium sulfate react with magnesium?

No, magnesium sulfate will not react with magnesium because magnesium sulfate is a salt that dissolves in water to form magnesium ions and sulfate ions. Pure magnesium does not react with magnesium sulfate.


When magnesium is combined with chlorine what type of bond is formed?

Magnesium chloride has an ionic bond.


What type of chemical bond is zinc sulfate?

ionic bond


What is an example of a compound of an ionic and covalent bond?

Magnesium sulfate, MgSO4 is a salt containing the magnesium ion Mg2+ and the polyatomic ion, sulfate, SO42-. These ions are ionically bonded. However within the sulfate ion, sulfur is covalently bonded to oxygen.


Which type of bond will magnesium most likely form?

Aside from 'The Covalent Bond' type, Magnesium will act chemically like Calcium will.


What is the Chemical name of Epsom salts?

Epsom salts are magnesium sulfate crystals.


What type of bond is in is in Magnesium chloride?

Magnesium chloride has ionic bonds.


What type of bond does magnesium and nitrogen have?

Magnesium and nitrogen have an ionic bond. Magnesium, a metal, transfers electrons to nitrogen, a nonmetal, resulting in the formation of magnesium ions and nitride ions.


What is the chemical compound for Mg2So?

Mg2So doesn't exist; probable magnesium sulfide (MgS) or magnesium sulfate (MgSO4).


What is the name of the chemical compound MgSO4?

The chemical compound MgSO4 is called magnesium sulfate.