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How do you test if something is an ionic compound?

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The most simple way to identify an ionic compound is to check if the chemical compound is made of just two elements wherein one element can be a metal (belonging to any groups 1, 2 or 3) and the second element is a non-metal, (from group 5, 6 or 7).

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