absolute much overlap subdiscipline organometallic chemistry applications every aspect chemical industry including catalysis materials science pigments surfactants coatings medications fuels agriculture key concepts structure ionic framework potassium oxide k sub sub many inorganic compounds ionic compounds consisting cations anions joined ionic bonding examples salts ionic compounds magnesium chloride mgcl sub sub consists magnesium cations mg sup sup chloride anions cl sup sup sodium oxide na sub sub consists sodium cations na sup sup oxide anions sup sup salt
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