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8. Which of the following pairs of elements is most likely to form an ionic compound?

a. Nitrogen and Sulfur
b. Iron and Oxygen
c. Oxygen and Hydrogen
d. Barium and Silver

User LeoE
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It’s not C.The answer is B.Because as you know,Ionic bonding is the electrostatic forces of attraction between the positive and negative ions.It is a transfer of electrons between the metals(positively charged ions) and non-metals (negatively charged ions)

—->As for this case,iron is a metal and oxygen is a non-metal based on the periodic table.Hence the answer is B.
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