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Potassium superoxide is ionic or covelent plz explain

potassium superoxide is ionic or covelent plz explain ..
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  • Suman Kumar
    Sweta no compound is 100% ionic or covalent. If any compound has more than 50% of any bond character that will be the nature of bond. Alkali metal are definitely most iconic compou...
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  • Dinesh khalmaniya Best Answer
    Potassium superoxide is the inorganic compound with the formula KO₂. It is a yellow paramagnetic solid that decomposes in moist air. It is a rare example of a stable salt of the su...
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    Dinesh khalmaniya
    it is ionic. consist of K+ and O2- ions
  • Lingareddy thankyou
    Potassium superoxide is produced by burning molten potassium in an atmosphere of oxygen. ions, linked by ionic bonding. The O−O distance is 1.28 Å.
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    Shweta thakur
    sir this is both ionic and covelent . isn't it
  • Dinesh khalmaniya thankyou
    hope this will help you 🙏
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