Which type of bond is most likely to occur in the compound mgcl2?

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Jonas Kello · Answer 1 · 2017-04-05T22:54:01+0000

An ionic bond because Magnesium is a metal and Chlorine is a nonmetal, because mg has a +2 charge and chlorine has a -1 charge then mg would hand out the electrons from its outermost orbital and hand them off to the 2 chlorine atoms.

Which type of bond is most likely to occur in the compound mgcl2?

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