When Ions Combine
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positive 1 (+1) positive 2 (+2) positive 3 (+3)
hydrogen H+1 calcium Ca+2 aluminium Al+3
sodium Na+1 magnesium Mg+2 iron III Fe+3
potassium K+1 barium Ba+2 chromium III Cr+3
copper I Cu+1 copper II Cu+2
silver Ag+1 iron II Fe+2
ammonium NH4+
negative 1 (-1) negative 2 (-2) negative 3 (-3)
chloride Cl- oxide O-2 nitride N-3
fluoride F- sulfide S-2 phosphide P-3
bromide Br- carbonate CO3-2 phosphate PO4
-3
iodide I- sulfate SO4-2
hydroxide OH-
nitrate NO3-
ethanoate (or acetate) CH3COO-
hydrogen carbonate (or bicarbonate)
HCO3-
If you give me your spare electron then you’ll see
how attractive I am.
Phwar… You’re right. I
am very strongly
attracted to you, baby.
When a non-metal atom takes an electron from a metal atom two
ions will form.
They will be oppositely charged and attract each other.
Whenever a positive ion forms there must also be a negative ion formed as well. In other
words a metal atom will only lose its electrons if a non-metal atom is taking them. Electrons don’t just exist by themselves,
they must be associated with an atom.
The law of charges says that differently charged objects will
attract.
Which of the following pairs will attract each other (ie which of the following pairs have different charges?)
(a) a proton & an electron(b) two protons(c) two electrons(d) two sodium ions(e) an electron & a chloride ion(f) a magnesium ion and an oxygen atom(g) a magnesium ion and an oxygen ion(h) an aluminium ion and a sulfate ion.
Which of the following pairs will attract each other (ie which of the following pairs have different charges?)
(a) a proton & an electron(b) two protons(c) two electrons(d) two sodium ions(e) an electron & a chloride ion(f) a magnesium ion and an oxygen atom(g) a magnesium ion and an oxygen ion(h) an aluminium ion and a sulfate ion.
When oppositely charged ions attract each other the total charge will always equal zero.
eg each Ca+2 ion will attract one O-2 ion. ie (+2) + (-2) = 0
and each Ca+2 ion will attract two Cl-1 ions ie (+2) + (2x(-1)) = 0
When oppositely charged ions attract, then they are held together to form ionic compounds.
We can represent these compounds with ionic formulae. The compounds in the example above are:
CaO and Ca Cl2.
How to write ionic formulae.1. The first name is the (+) ion and the second name is the (-) ion. eg: sodium bromide2. Look up and write the symbols for the ions.
Na+1 Br-1
3. The sum of the positive and negative oxidation numbers must be zero. ie: +1-1=04. If it is then write the two symbols together without the charges. ie: NaBr5. If it is not, add more positive or more negative ions until it is.6. Use a subscript number to indicate more than one ion. eg: Na2S, CaCl2.
Examples.
Name of compound
Positive ion symbol Negative ion symbol
Add up charges to see if they add to zero
Write the formula. Use subscripts to indicate more than one ion.
potassium chloride
Examples.
Name of compound
Positive ion symbol Negative ion symbol
Add up charges to see if they add to zero
Write the formula. Use subscripts to indicate more than one ion.
potassium chloride
K+1 Cl-1
Examples.
Name of compound
Positive ion symbol Negative ion symbol
Add up charges to see if they add to zero
Write the formula. Use subscripts to indicate more than one ion.
potassium chloride
K+1 Cl-1
+1-1=0
Examples.
Name of compound
Positive ion symbol Negative ion symbol
Add up charges to see if they add to zero
Write the formula. Use subscripts to indicate more than one ion.
potassium chloride
K+1 Cl-1
+1-1=0
KCl
Examples.
Name of compound
Positive ion symbol Negative ion symbol
Add up charges to see if they add to zero
Write the formula. Use subscripts to indicate more than one ion.
potassium chloride
K+1 Cl-1
+1-1=0
KCl
calcium fluoride
Examples.
Name of compound
Positive ion symbol Negative ion symbol
Add up charges to see if they add to zero
Write the formula. Use subscripts to indicate more than one ion.
potassium chloride
K+1 Cl-1
+1-1=0
KCl
calcium fluoride
Ca+2 F-1
Examples.
Name of compound
Positive ion symbol Negative ion symbol
Add up charges to see if they add to zero
Write the formula. Use subscripts to indicate more than one ion.
potassium chloride
K+1 Cl-1
+1-1=0
KCl
calcium fluoride
Ca+2 F-1
+2-1=1
Examples.
Name of compound
Positive ion symbol Negative ion symbol
Add up charges to see if they add to zero
Write the formula. Use subscripts to indicate more than one ion.
potassium chloride
K+1 Cl-1
+1-1=0
KCl
calcium fluoride
Ca+2 F-1
+2-1-1=0
Examples.
Name of compound
Positive ion symbol Negative ion symbol
Add up charges to see if they add to zero
Write the formula. Use subscripts to indicate more than one ion.
potassium chloride
K+1 Cl-1
+1-1=0
KCl
calcium fluoride
Ca+2 F-1
+2-1-1=0
CaF2
Problems. Try writing these formula yourself:
sodium fluoride
calcium chloride
aluminium bromide
What happens when radical ions are involved in an ionic compound?
The rules are the same for writing formula for compounds containing radical ions as for those containing monatomic ions. The only difference is when you need more than one radical to balance the charge of the other ion.
What happens when radical ions are involved in an ionic compound?
For example if calcium ions combined with nitrate ions:
The calcium ion (Ca+2) would need two nitrate radical ions (NO3
-1) to balance its charge.
How do we represent this compound?
If we wrote CaNO32 we would be wrong. That formula says that for every calcium
ion there are one nitrogen and 32 oxygen atoms!!!
There are no nitrate ions (ie NO3-1) in the
formula CaNO32.
How do we represent this compound?
We want the formula to represent one calcium ion for every two nitrate ions. So we write:
Ca(NO3)2
The two outside the brackets means that there is two of everything inside it.
For example:
potassium nitrate
For example:
potassium nitrate
K+1 NO3-1
For example:
potassium nitrate
K+1 NO3-1
+1-1=0
For example:
potassium nitrate
K+1 NO3-1
+1-1=0
KNO3
For example:
potassium nitrate
K+1 NO3-1
+1-1=0
KNO3
calcium hydroxide
For example:
potassium nitrate
K+1 NO3-1
+1-1=0
KNO3
calcium hydroxide
Ca+2 OH-1
For example:
potassium nitrate
K+1 NO3-1
+1-1=0
KNO3
calcium hydroxide
Ca+2 OH-1
+2-1=1
For example:
potassium nitrate
K+1 NO3-1
+1-1=0
KNO3
calcium hydroxide
Ca+2 OH-1
+2-1-1=0
For example:
potassium nitrate
K+1 NO3-1
+1-1=0
KNO3
calcium hydroxide
Ca+2 OH-1
+2-1-1=0
Ca(OH)2
Try writing these formula yourself
ammonium chloride
sodium hydroxide
Try writing these formula yourself
magnesium sulfate
copper II ethanoate
Try writing these formula yourself
iron III carbonate
sodium hydrogen carbonate
Try writing these formula yourself
barium phosphate
tin IV phosphate
magnesium oxide
Mg2+ O2-
+2-2=0
MgO
sodium sulfide
Na1+ S2-
+1+1-2=0
Na2S
aluminium phosphide
Al3+ P3-
+3-3=0
AlP
iron III oxide
Fe3+ O2-
+3+3-2-2-2=0
Fe2O3
copper I chloride
Cu1+ Cl1-
+1-1=0
CuCl
copper II chloride
Cu2+ Cl1-
+2-1-1=0
CuCl2
chromium III sulfide
Cr3+ S2-
+3+3-2-2-2=0
Cr2S3
Cl-1 Br-1 O-2 S-2 P-3 N-3 OH-1 SO4-2
Na+1 NaCl NaBr Na2O Na2S Na3P Na3N NaOH Na2SO4
K+1 KCl KBr K2O K2S K3P K3N KOH K2SO4
Ag+1 AgCl AgBr Ag2O Ag2S Ag3P Ag3N AgOH Ag2SO4
Fe+2 FeCl2 FeBr2 FeO FeS Fe3P2 Fe3N2 Fe(OH)2 FeSO4
Sn+2 SnCl2 SnBr2 SnO SnS Sn3P2 Sn3N2 Sn(OH)2 SnSO4
Ba+2 BaCl2 BaBr2 BaO BaS Ba3P2 Ba3N2 Ba(OH)2 BaSO4
Fe+3 FeCl3 FeBr3 Fe2O3 Fe2S3 FeP FeN Fe(OH)3 Fe2(SO4)3
Cr+3 CrCl3 CrBr3 Cr2O3 Cr2S3 CrP CrN Cr(OH)3 Cr2(SO4)3