1)..the compound magnesium and oxygen forms is electrovalent or covalent? ....2) if oxygen forms a compound with another oxygen the compound would be colvalent or electrovalent?
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Oxygen is a non-metal and completes its octet by the gain of e− . So, the formation of MgO involves transfer of e− from metal to non-metal. Hence, the bonding is electrovalent or ionic in nature.
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