Chemistry
Grade-9
Easy

Question


What the chemical name of MgO?

  1. Magnesium oxide
  2. Monomagnesium monoxide
  3. Magnesium monoxide
  4. Magnesium (II) oxide

hintHint:

The chemical name of a compound starts with cation followed by anion.

The correct answer is: Magnesium oxide


    • The chemical name of a compound starts with cation followed by anion.
    • The name of the metal comes first followed by the oxide.
    • In the compound MgO, magnesium is the metal whose name comes first.
    • Magnesium has only one oxidation state +2 and oxide has -2 charge.
    • The chemical name of MgO is magnesium oxide.

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