Vocab
What is a compound?
What is aluminum oxide?
Strontium bromide
What is SrBr2?
Elements from compounds for this reason.
What is stability (to be more stable)?
The properties of a compound are ____________ the properties of the elements that make it up.
Different from
Draw the electron dot structure for HCN.
H-C---N:
What is chemical formula?
K3PO4
What is potassium phosphate?
Zinc (II) phosphide
What is Zn3P2?
Magnesium will do this to become more stable.
What is lose 2 electrons?
These types of elements form covalent bonds.
What are nonmetals?
A charged atom is called this.
What is an ion?
HgClO3
Sulfur hexachloride
What is SCl6?
The overall charge of an ionic compound is this.
What is 0?
What happens to the electrons in an ionic bond?
They are transferred (from the metal to the nonmetal)
The charge of an ion is called this.
What is oxidation number?
N2O
What is dinitrogen monoxide?
Dinitrogen tetroxide
What is N2O4?
Draw an electron dot structure for calcium fluoride.
CaF2
When an atom loses an electron, its charge is ________ and it is called a(n) __________.
Positive; cation
A group of covalently bonded atoms that is charged is called this.
What is a Polyatomic ion?
CuSO4
What is copper (II) sulfate?
Lead (IV) carbonate
What is Pb(CO3)2?
Draw an electron dot structure for the bond that would form between hydrogen and oxygen.
H2O
Draw the electron dot structure for the bond that would form between silicon and oxygen.
SiO2