When a metal is oxidized and a nonmetal is reduced in a redox reaction, what is the resulting compound called?
magnetic compound
soluble compound
alloy
ionic compound
There are many other examples of redox reactions in which two neutral elements combine to make a compound. These often take the form of a metal being oxidized and a nonmetal being reduced, resulting in an ionic compound. Two nonmetallic elements can also undergo a redox reaction of this type, in which the less electronegative element is oxidized and the more electronegative element is reduced.