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When copper combines with oxygen to form copper oxide, the charge of the copper ion is
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When copper combines with oxygen to form copper oxide, the charge of the copper ion is

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The copper and oxygen and oxygen atoms are not ions, and the bonds are more covalent than they are ionic.
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Cu(s)+O2(g)-->CuO
The copper ion will technically have a +2 charge
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