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Which of the following formulas is correct for magnesium chloride?
Which statement correctly explains why ionic compounds are brittle?
Which of the following properties is most characteristic of ionic compounds?
What type of elements typically form cations?
What happens when a sodium atom becomes a sodium ion?
Ions shift and repel each other when layers are forced to slide
Electrons are free to move between ions
The ions are tightly packed and easily compressed
Covalent bonds break under pressure
They are soft and flexible
They are good conductors when solid
They have high melting and boiling points
They dissolve in non-polar solvents
Nonmetals
Noble gases
Metals
Halogens
It gains one electron
It loses one proton
It gains one neutron
It loses one electron
