Ionic Bonds
Properties of Ionic Compounds
Writing Formulas
Writing Names
Polyatomic Ions
100

What are the two reasons why bonds form?

To decrease energy and increase stability

100

What is the name of the geometric pattern that ionic compounds arrange themselves in?

Crystal Lattice

100

Potassium Chloride

KCl

100

NaCl

Sodium Chloride

100

What is a polyatomic ion?

A group of atoms bonded together with a charge

200

What bond is modeled here?


An ionic bond
200

What is an oxidation number?

The charge of an ion

200

Cesium Sulfide

Cs2S

200

Mg3N2

Magnesium Nitride

200

When writing a formula with multiple of a polyatomic ion, how do you represent that?

With parentheses (ex. Ca(OH)2)

300

What element has two levels of electrons and 6 valence electrons?

Sulfur

300

Are ionic compounds hard and rigid or soft and malleable

They are hard and rigid

300

Manganese (VII) Oxide

Mn2O7

300

CuF

Copper (I) Fluoride

300

What is the name of OH1-?

Hydroxide

400

What is the charge of a cation? An anion?

Cations have positive charges, anions have negative charges

400

What is the oxidation number of an ion found within group 13?

+3

400

Gold (III) Iodide

AuI3

400

PbI2

Lead (II) Iodide

400

What is the name for Ca(OH)2?

Calcium Hydroxide

500

What types of elements typically make up ionic bonds?

A metal and nonmetal

500

Why are ionic compounds brittle?

Compounds can break apart when applied force places like charges next to each other

500

Palladium (IV) Sulfide

PdS2
500

Mn3N4

Manganese (IV) Nitride

500

What is the formula for Copper (II) Nitrate? (Hint: Nitrate = NO31-)

Cu(NO3)2