Compounds composed of ions are generally easy to name if the metal ions are alkali metals or alkaline earth metals. This is because they have only one ion form. However, its a different case when the compound is a transition metal compound. Any transition metal compound is composed of a pos...
Acids arenamed based on their anion — the ion attached to the hydrogen. ... Names for such acids consist of the prefix “hydro-“, the first syllable of the anion, and the suffix “-ic”. Complex acid compounds have oxygen in them. For an acid with a polyatomic ion, the suffix “...
How do you determine if a substance is an ionic compound? Iron forms both 2+ and 3+ cations. Write formulas for the oxide, sulfide, and chloride compound of each iron cation, and give the name of each compound in both the nomenclature method that uses Roman numerals to speci...