Match the following physical and chemical properties with octane, C₈H₁₈ found in gasoline, or magnesium sulfate, MgSO₄ also called Epsom salts:
a. contains only covalent bonds

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Match the following physical and chemical properties with octane, C₈H₁₈ found in gasoline, or magnesium sulfate, MgSO₄ also called Epsom salts:

a. contains only covalent bonds

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All right. Hi everyone. So this question is asking us which of the following contains only covalent bonds. Sodium fluoride naf found in toothpaste or hexane C six H 14 widely used as a solvent option A says sodium fluoride. Option B says hexane option C says both and option D says neither. Now to understand the answer to this question, let's go ahead and differentiate between two different types of chemical bonds. We can differentiate between ionic bonds and covalent bonds recall that an ionic bond involves an exchange of electrons in between two atoms. In other words, one is going to receive electrons and the other is going to be giving them away. So ionic bonds. All right, normally seen between a cat ion or a substance with a positive charge, usually a metal as well as an anion or a substance with a negative charge. Usually a non metal poly atomic ions can count as well. But the idea here is that in an ionic bond electrons are exchanged, which results in different charges between both species. Now, on the other hand, covalent bonding discusses a sharing of electrons between two atoms. Now, covalent bonds are characteristic of nonmetals, right. So two nonmetals are more likely to participate in a covalent bond in which electrons are being shared between them as opposed to being traded. So now let's compare the structures of sodium fluoride and hexane. Sodium fluoride is composed of one sodium Adam and one atom of flooring. Now here recalled medals are excellent cat ions or are very common cat ions. So that would be exactly what's happening in this case because sodium is the cat on and fluoride is the anion because fluorine is referred to as fluoride to specify that it has a negative charge in this compound. So because of this, we can see that sodium fluoride is an ionic compound and therefore does not contain any covalent bonds. Now, on the other hand, hexane is a hydrocarbon, it is a molecule composed only of carbon and hydrogen, both of which are non metals. So because of this hexane can only be composed of covalent fonts because it is only composed of non metals that are capable of sharing electrons in between them as opposed to exchanging. And there you have it, this shows that hexane is the compound that contains only covalent bonds, which means that my answer is going to be option B in the multiple choice and there you have it. So with that being said, thank you so very much for watching and I hope you found this helpful

Match the following physical and chemical properties with octane, C₈H₁₈ found in gasoline, or magnesium sulfate, MgSO₄ also called Epsom salts:
a. contains only covalent bonds

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Covalent Bonds

Octane (C₈H₁₈)

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Match the following physical and chemical properties with octane, C8H18 found in gasoline, or magnesium sulfate, MgSO4 also called Epsom salts:a. contains only covalent bonds

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Covalent Bonds

Octane (C₈H₁₈)

Magnesium Sulfate (MgSO₄)

Match the following physical and chemical properties with octane, C₈H₁₈ found in gasoline, or magnesium sulfate, MgSO₄ also called Epsom salts:
a. contains only covalent bonds