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Ionic or covalent compound?
I am having trouble figuring out weather compounds are ionic or covalent. Are all compounds between a metal and nonmetal ionic? or just most? How else would you figure out if it is ionic or covelent compound?
2 Answers
- 8 years ago
Ionic Compounds : Reaction between Non metal & Non Metal
Covelent Compounds: Reaction between Metal & Non Metal
- ImizLv 58 years ago
suppose a compound NaCl (sodium chloride)
find out the electronegativity of both the atoms Na and Cl (using a periodic table ofcourse) and subtract them ,
if answer is less than 1.7 -its covalent
if answer is more than 1.7 -its ionic
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Ionic bonds are mostly between Halogens and group 1 elements
rest of them are mostly covalent
