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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 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

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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.

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The cation,

Mg 2+

and the anion

O 2-

form the ionic compound

MgO

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Magnesium oxide chemical formula is MgO.
Magnesium oxide is an ionic compound.

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Magnesium oxide is an ionic compound formed from the ionic bonding between the magnesium and oxide ions.

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Ionic Bond. =]

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Ionic

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Q: Is magnesium oxide ionic or covalent compound?
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