The chemistry of beryllium is not essentially ionic. Justify the statement by making a reference of beryllium.

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The chemistry of beryllium is not essentially ionic. Justify the statement by making a reference of beryllium.

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answered Oct 10, 2017 by sforrest072 (157,439 points) 60 409 930

It is due to high polarising power of Be cation its compound are covalent in nature

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