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Chapter1: Chemical Foundations

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Why it is possible to determine the charge of monoatomic ions from their position on the periodic table for s-block metals and p-block nonmetal? Explain.

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It is fairly easy to work out those for monatomic ions in the s and p blocks of the periodic table.

Group 1 elements (li, down) are +1. Group 2 elements are +2. Group 7, F downwards are -1. Group 16 such as O and S are -2. Group 15, N is -3. Group 13, Al is +3. For Transition elements in d Block, it is more complicated. For elements lower down in the p block, it is not necessarily the same as the elements at the top of those groups, although the halogens from F to I are all -1 as monatomic ions.

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