Naming Ionic Compounds

Naming Ionic Compounds

by Amy Broadbent

​Ionic Compounds

​Ionic compounds are between a metal & a nonmetal.

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​The metal gives away an electron to become a positively charged cation.

​The nonmetal receives an electron to become a negatively charged anion.

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Ionic compounds are between

• Metals and metalloids

• Metals and non-metals

• Non-metals and non-metals

• Metalloids and metalloids

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The positively charged ion (the first element) in the compound is called

• Cation

• Anion

• Ion

• Polyatomic

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When naming Ionic Compounds, we want to use the suffix..

• ...ade

• ...ite

• ...ide

• ...ate

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Name the compound Ba₃N₂

• Barium Nitride

• Barium Nitrogen

• Baride Nitrogen

• Baride Nitride

​Polyatomic Ions

​Polyatomic ions are made of two or more elements.

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​They can be positively or negatively charged.

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​We do NOT change the ending of a polyatomic ion when it is the anion of an ionic compound.

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Name the compound (NH₄)₃P

• Ammonium Phosphide

• Nitrogen Hydrogen Phosphide

• Ammonium Phosphorus

• Nitrogen Phosphide

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When naming an Ionic Compound that contains a polyatomic, change the name of the polyatomic if it is the anion

• True

• False

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Name the compound KClO₃

• Potassium Chlorine Oxide

• Potassium Chloride

• Potassium Chlorate

• Potassium Oxide