Question

Is CuO a covalent or ionic bond?

The electronegativity is less than 1.7, which would make it a covalent bond. But I am still not sure..

Answer 1

it would be ionic

copper forms a cation and oxygen forms an anion

those charges represent the e-s that are transferred during bonding

oxygen is -2 so will accept 2 e-s to achieve noble gas configuration

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