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).
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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 8 electrons in the valence
Magnesium itself is not a bond at all. Magnesium oxide would be an ionic bond because it is between a metal and a non-metal. Magnesium bromide is an example of a covalent bond because one or more pairs of electrons are shared by two adjacent atoms.
Magnesium oxide is an ionic compound formed from the ionic bonding between the magnesium and oxide ions.
Magnesium oxide is an ionic compound, not a covalent compound. It is formed through the transfer of electrons from magnesium to oxygen, resulting in the formation of ionic bonds between the two elements.
Chlorine oxide would be a covalent compound, and not an ionic compound.
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The compound of MgO in chemistry is magnesium oxide. It is an inorganic compound composed of magnesium and oxygen ions in a 1:1 ratio.
The answer is in the question. Magnesium is an element, so is oxygen, together they can form MgO, a compound, as compounds are multi atomic structures, like Iron Oxide, another rust just like MgO.