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IONIC COMPOUNDS - Electrons are TRANSFERRED

Example

Metal + Nonmetal -ide

Transition Metal + (Roman Numeral)+ Nonmetal-ide

Metal + Polyatomic Ion (don’t change names at all)

Two polyatomic Ions (don’t change names at all)


● The METAL will LOSE electrons to become POSITIVELY CHARGED, which is called a
CATION.
● The NONMETAL will GAIN electrons to become NEGATIVELY CHARGED, which is
called an ANION - when naming the NONMETAL with change to have an -ide ending
● Ionic compounds will ALWAYS have the CATION FIRST and the ANION SECOND
● Cations and Anions combine to form a NEUTRAL compound
● A CHARGE will be written in the exponent position on a number (it is small and up
high)
● A SUBSCRIPT will be written as a small number at the bottom
○ The SUBSCRIPTS have NOTHING TO WITH the way we name the
compound
○ They tell us the number of atoms
○ They tell us the ratio of elements in a compound
Roman numerals 1-5

1 2 3 4 5

❖ The roman numeral represents the charge of 1 atom of the cation.


❖ Roman numerals tell us the charge of the transition metal
Example: Name the compound Fe2O3.
Name of Fe2O3:_______________________________________________________

Step 1 Step 2 Step 3 Step 4


Examples:

a. NaCl _____________________ e. Na2CO3 _________________________

b. ZnCl2 ____________________ f. AlPO4 _____________________________

c. BeF2 _______________________ g. CaSO3 ________________________

d. K2O ___________________________ h. Be(NO3)2 ________________________


Examples:

a. FeO _________________________

b. FeCl3 _________________________

c. PbO ________________________

d. PbO2 _________________________

e. Sn3(PO4)2 ___________________________

f. VO2 ______________________________

g. Cu2CO3 ______________________________

h. NiCO3 ________________________________
Writing Ionic Formulas:
1. Write the CATION and CHARGE first
2. Write the ANION and CHARGE second
3. If the charges are NOT the same number, CRISS CROSS the number to create
a NEUTRAL compound
4. If the charges ARE the same number, they will cancel each other out and you
don’t need to criss cross
5. Your final answer should have ONLY ELEMENT SYMBOLS and
SUBSCRIPTS, it should NOT have any CHARGES (+ or -) written in.
6. Always simplify the ratio if possible.
Examples:
Fe2(SO4)
a. Iron (III) Sulfate ___________

b. Mercury (II) Chloride HgCl


________
2

c. Mercury (II) Oxide HgO


_______
SnO4
d. Tin (IV) Oxide _________
Cu2CrO4
e. Copper (I) Chromate ____________

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