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01-14-2020, 12:54 AM
Aluminum is a metal and nitrate (nitrogen) is a non metal so shouldn\'t they form an ionic bond and not a covalnt bond? And if it were an ionic bond wouldn\'t it be called aluminum mononitrate? But it is a covalnt bond (thus a molecular bond and so there is no mono in the name). Pleas help I\'m very confused!Aluminum okorder.comAluminum Nitrate Ionic Or CovalentYou have the advantage here. As far as I know, the compound is ionic with one Al^+3 ion and three NO3^-1 ions. There have to be 3 negative ions to balance the charge of +3 on the aluminum ion to make a neutral formula unitThe questioner probably means aluminium nitride, AlN, which has substantial covalent character due to massive polarisation of the large nitride ions by the small and highly charged Al3+ ions.Other related question