CH-1206
Ionic bonding
Chemistry · Secondary 4 · Medium · Ionic bonding
How is the bonding in magnesium oxide, MgO, formed?
- Magnesium and oxygen atoms share two pairs of electrons.
- Each oxygen atom transfers two electrons to a magnesium atom.
- Each magnesium atom transfers two electrons to an oxygen atom.
- Magnesium ions are held in a sea of delocalised electrons.
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