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    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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