by VIZISCIENCE | Oct 31, 2019 | Naming inorganic compounds
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by VIZISCIENCE | Oct 30, 2019 | Naming inorganic compounds
First learn how to identify if a compound is covalent or ionic. You will need to know the periodic table You must be able to identify the non-metals, metals, and transition elements in the periodic table You must be able to categorize a compound as ionic or covalent...
by VIZISCIENCE | Oct 29, 2019 | Naming inorganic compounds
A covalent compound involves the sharing of electrons between two non-metals. What are the rules for covalent compounds? Covalent compounds use prefixes – to indicate the number of atoms of each element in the compound The element that is on the left of the...
by VIZISCIENCE | Oct 29, 2019 | Naming inorganic compounds
How ionic compounds are formed An ionic compound involves the transfer of electrons between a metal and non-metal. Metals tend to lose electrons. Non-metals tend to gain electrons. The atom that loses electrons becomes a positively charged ion – called a cation....
by VIZISCIENCE | Nov 1, 2019 | Naming inorganic compounds
What are polyatomic ions? A polyatomic ion is a charged group of atoms covalently bonded together. Majority of the polyatomic ions are anions, meaning they are negatively charged. Ammonium is the only positively charged polyatomic ion that does not have an oxygen...
by VIZISCIENCE | Nov 1, 2019 | Naming inorganic compounds
Generally, polyatomic ions have suffixes that end in “ite” or “ate” if they contain oxygen atoms. Chloride shown below is not a polyatomic ion, it’s a monoatomic ion consisting of only one atom. chloride hypochlorite chlorite chlorate...
