Chapter 6, Problem 47E

Interpretation Introduction

Interpretation:

In each box, the chemical formula of the compound formed by the cation and the anion is to be written.

Ions	Potassium	Calcium	Chromium (III)	Zinc	Silver	Iron (III)	Aluminium	Mercury (I)
Nitrate
Sulfate
Hypochlorite
Nitride
Hydrogen sulfide
Chloride
Hydrogen carbonate

Concept introduction:

Most of the organic compounds are formed by one metalloid and one non-metal element or two non-metal elements. These compounds are collectively denoted as binary molecular compounds. Moreover, these compounds contain two different elements (non-metals) or may have more than one atom of element. While naming these compounds the suitable prefixes such as mono, di, tri, tetra etc., should be suitably used. Usually, two compounds such as H₂O and NH₃ can be referred as their traditional names such as water and ammonia.