Chapter 5, Problem 62E

Interpretation Introduction

Interpretation:

Each of the given ionic compound is to be named.

Concept introduction:

Ionic compounds are composed of one or more cations paired with one or more anions.

In most of the cases, cations are metals and anions are non-metals.

If the metal in the compound is transition metal, it can form more than one type of ion. The charge of the cation in these types of ionic compounds is not always same.

While writing name of compound specify the charge with roman numerals (in parentheses) followed by the name of the metal.

The form used to name binary ionic compounds is as follows:

$\left[\begin{array}{l}\text{name of the cation}\\ \text{(metal)}\end{array}\right]\left(\begin{array}{l}\text{charge of the cation (metal) in}\\ \text{roman numerals in parentheses}\end{array}\right)\left[\begin{array}{l}\text{name of the anion}\\ \text{(nonmetal) + -ide}\end{array}\right]$