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aksik [14]
3 years ago
8

Why is Magnesium Oxide an Ionic compound?

Biology
2 answers:
nirvana33 [79]3 years ago
5 0
Well oxygen has 6 electrons in its outer shell and mg has 2. Oxygen need two to complete it's outer shell and mg needs to lose 2 to gain a complete out we shell.

xenn [34]3 years ago
3 0

Answer:it is an ionic copmound because it is a metal and it reacts with elements in group 6 such as oxygen to form magnesium oxide because oxygen needs2 electrons in order to be stable and magnesium to lose 2 electrons for it to be stable

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