Chemical Names & Formulas

Vocabulary

100

A single atom with a positive or negative charge resulting from the loss or gain of one or more valence electrons.

Monatomic ions

200

A tightly bound group of atoms that behaves as a unit and has a positive or negative charge

Polyatomic ion

300

A compound composed of two elements

Binary compound

400

Whenever the same two elements form more than one compound, the different masses of one element that combine with the same mass of the other element are in the ratio of small whole numbers.

Law of multiple proportions.

500

In samples of any chemical compound, the masses of the elements are always in the same proportions.

Law of definite proportions.

Acids

100

Hydrochloric acid

HCl

200

Sulfuric acid

H2SO4

300

HNO3

Nitric acid

400

H3PO4

Phosphoric acid

500

Sulfurous acid

H2SO3

Bases

100

Sodium Hydroxide

NaOH

200

Lithium Hydroxide

LiOH

300

NH4OH

Ammonium hydroxide

400

Aluminum hydroxide

Al(OH)3

500

Fe(OH)2

Ferrous Hydroxide/Iron (II) Hydroxide 

Polyatomic Ions

100

Dihydrogen phosphate

H2PO4-

200

Permanganate

MnO4-

300

HPO4^2-

Hydrogen Phosphate

400

PO3^3-

Phosphite

500

Dichromate

Cr2O7^2-

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100

dinitrogen monoxide

N2O/nitrous oxide/laughing gas

200

Plumbic ion/Lead(IV) ion

Pb4+

300

Ethanol

C2H5OH

400

Sucrose

C12H22O11

500

HOC(CO2H)(CH2CO2H)2

Citric Acid