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It is possible for a compound to possess both ionic and covalent bonding. a. If one of the ions is polyatomic then there will be covalent bonding within it. b. When a polyatomic ion combines with another ion, then there is an ionic bond

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Group 18 on the Periodic Table called noble gases form both ionic and covalent bonds.

noble gases do not form bonds actually, the only exceptions to this rule are a few rare cases that formed compounds in a lab situation

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Ionic compounds consist of positively charged ions and negatively charged ions held together by electrostatic attraction. These ions can be made of two or more atoms covalently bonded so the covalent bond exists within the ion rather than between the ions. An example of this is sodium hydroxide which consists of positive sodium ions Na+ and negative hydroxide ions OH- where the hydrogen and oxygen are bonded covalently.

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Yes. Ammonium Chloride NH4Cl is a compound where we can find Covalent, Co-ordinate covalent as well as Ionic bonding.

In case of Ammonium radical NH4+ we have Covalent as well as Co-ordinate covalent bonding. NH3+H+---> NH4+ . In ammonia (NH3) the bonds between N & H are covalent. And the bond between H+ & NH3 is co-ordinate covalent.

The bonding between Ammonium radical & Chlorine ion (Cl-) is Ionic bonding.

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Yes. This is not only possible but universal, because a polyatomic ion is defined as a group of two or more covalently bonded elements with a net electric change. The ion as a whole forms ionic bonds with other ions of opposite charge, but the internal bonds within the polyatomic ion are always covalent.

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The chemical bonding within a polyatomic ion is covalent, but the polyatomic ions are bonded ionically to some other ions of the opposite electrical charge. Note that all the ions in a compound can be polyatomic, as in ammonium acetate. The ammonium ions are positively charged and the acetate ions are negatively charged.

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covalent bond is made up by sharing of electrons and ionic bond is made by donating or accepting the lone pair of electrons.

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the compound that/which contains both ionic and covalent bond/bonding is Potassium cyanide [KCN]

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Na2Cl

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