No, they form covalent bonds. Sulfur dioxide, SO2, for instance.
Sulfur and oxygen can form compounds, but typically they form covalent compounds instead of ionic compounds. This is because both sulfur and oxygen are nonmetals, which tend to share electrons rather than transfer them to form ions. Examples of covalent compounds between sulfur and oxygen include sulfur dioxide (SO2) and sulfur trioxide (SO3).
No, H2SO4 is not a binary ionic compound. It is a polyatomic molecule called sulfuric acid, consisting of hydrogen (H), sulfur (S), and oxygen (O) atoms. Binary ionic compounds consist of only two elements, typically a metal cation and a nonmetal anion.
Sulfur and oxygen typically form a covalent bond when they combine to create compounds like sulfur dioxide (SO2) or sulfur trioxide (SO3).
Sulfur dioxide is a compound composed of sulfur and oxygen atoms. It is not ionic because it is formed through the sharing of electrons between the sulfur and oxygen atoms, creating covalent bonds.
No, "cao" is not a binary compound. "Cao" is the chemical formula for calcium oxide, which is a compound composed of calcium and oxygen. Binary compounds are compounds composed of two different elements.
The two types of binary compounds are ionic compounds, which consist of a metal and a nonmetal, and covalent compounds, which consist of two nonmetals sharing electrons.
No, binary ionic compounds are made up of positively charged metal ions and negatively charged nonmetal ions. While metals can form ionic compounds with nonmetals, not all metals are involved in forming binary ionic compounds.
SO2 is not an ionic compound because it is made up of covalent bonds between sulfur and oxygen atoms. In covalent compounds, the atoms share electrons to form bonds, rather than transferring them as in ionic compounds. Therefore, SO2 is considered a covalent compound.
Sulfur trioxide is a covalent compound. It consists of non-metal elements (sulfur and oxygen) that share electrons to form bonds, rather than transferring them as in ionic compounds.
True. Most salts are binary ionic compounds composed of a metal cation and a nonmetal anion.
The formulas for the binary ionic compounds formed between lithium and oxygen are Li2O and Li2O2. Li2O is lithium oxide, where lithium forms a +1 charge and oxygen forms a -2 charge. Li2O2 is lithium peroxide, where lithium forms a +1 charge and oxygen forms a -1 charge.
When sulfur and oxygen combine, they form a molecular compound, specifically sulfur dioxide (SO2). This compound is held together by covalent bonds, where the atoms share electrons. Ionic compounds result from the transfer of electrons between elements.