Which of these is a compound? ?

a. salad
b. carbon dioxide
c. potassium
d. salt water

h

oxygen, selenium, tellurium, and polonium.

they're all from the same group as sulfur (group 16).

nacl or sodium chloride is an ionic compound. this is because an ionic compound pertains to a compound that consists of positively and negatively charged ions. in this case, na (sodium) has a tendency to lose one electron when it reacts with with other atoms, so the resulting sodium ion contains 11 protons and 10 electrons, thus making it positively charged (na+), when chlorine reacts, it usually gains one electron to form an ion called chloride, thus making it negatively charged ( since the ions are oppositely charged, they attract.