The equation K2O represents the ionic bond between potassium and oxygen. What is the name of the compound?
2 answers:
Answer: potassium oxide.
Explanation:
is an ionic compound because potassium element is a metal and oxygen element is a non-metal. The bond formed between a metal and a non-metal is always ionic in nature.
The nomenclature of ionic compounds is given by:
1. Positive is written first.
2. The negative ion is written next and a suffix is added at the end of the negative ion. The suffix written is '-ide'.
Hence, the name of is potassium oxide.
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