Question

Describe the difference between ionic and molecular compounds.

Answer 1

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Answer 2

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Answer 3

Ionic compounds involve ions, so they are typically the combination of a metal and a nonmetal, such as NaCl, CaBr2, AlCl3, etc. Some ions that are made completely of nonmetal can form ionic compounds. The main example is the ammonium ion, NH4+, so when you find anything with NH4X, where X = Cl, Br, I, NO3, etc, they are also ionic compounds. The NH4+ is sometimes called a pseudo alkali metal ion, since it behaves as an alkali metal ion, hence, its name, ammonium, same ending as for alkali metals, lithium, sodium, potassium, etc.

Molecular compounds always involve two nonmetals, CO, CO2, NH3, N2O4, etc. That is how you can identify them easily, the bonding does not involve ions at all, so they are nonconductors of electricity under any circumstance, unlike ionic compounds that conduct electricity when dissolved in water or when molten. All hydrocarbons are molecular compounds for the most part, alkanes CnH2n+2 (CH4, C2H6, C3H8) and their derivatives, CH3Cl, C2H5Cl, and so on. And if that still doesn't help then I give up

Answer 4

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Answer 5

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