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Answer:

KCl

Step-by-step explanation:

Ionic compounds are formed between atoms with very different electronegativity (EN) values. The elements with the highest EN values are on the top-right of the periodic table.

Ionic compounds are also generally between a metal and nonmetal. Nonmetals are located in the p-block (the right) of the periodic table and metals are pretty much everywhere else.

That being said, water (H₂O), CO, and CO₂ contain elements that have too similar of EN values to ionically bond.

However, the elements in KCl have different enough EN values to undergo ionic bonding by donating/receiving electrons from each other.

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