Question

How to determine which compound is covalent or ionic?

Answer 1

There is a couple different ways todetermine if a bond is ionic orcovalent. By definition, an ionic bond is between a metal and a nonmetal, and a covalent bond is between 2 nonmetals. So you usually just look at the periodic table and determine whether your compound is made of a metal/nonmetal or is just 2 nonmetals.