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CuO and Cu2O are not 100% ionic. Explain what you think the other type of bonding...

CuO and Cu2O are not 100% ionic. Explain what you think the other type of bonding is in these oxides beside ionic and why. Please explain thoroughly!

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CuO and Cu2O are not 100% ionic, but neither 100% covalent. The CuO and Cu2O are crystal structures because the substances formed by ionic bond are not molecular, but crystal. Those ionic solids not conduct electricity because the ions have fixed positions. HOWEVER, they are become good conductors when dissolved in water (electrolytes) or melted, and then the ions are free to move around the liquid can conduct electric current.

In the CuO , each Cu atom stablishes a covalent bond with the O but the structure has ionic enviroment ; in the periodic table you can see that Cu belongs to the transition metals and the Oxygen to the no metals. but the important fact is its ubication, because is that its closeness makes that they will have the covalent bonding but with a low covalent stability.

In another words, CuO and Cu2O are not 100% ionic because those compounds are semiconductors, i mean they have intermediary electric properties between conductos and thermal insulation.

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