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Naming and Writing Chemical Formula of Ionic Compounds

Steps for naming ionic compounds: 1) Write the name of the metal ion. 2) Write the name of the nonmetal ion. 3) The formula is determined by the charges of the ions based on the periodic table. You can also determine the formula of an ionic compound from its name using the periodic table to identify the ions and their charges. Be careful not to mix up ion names as this is common for beginners. Helpful hints include checking if the ion name ends in "-ide", "-ate", or "-ite" to identify metal vs. polyatomic ions.

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Naming and Writing Chemical Formula of Ionic Compounds

Steps for naming ionic compounds: 1) Write the name of the metal ion. 2) Write the name of the nonmetal ion. 3) The formula is determined by the charges of the ions based on the periodic table. You can also determine the formula of an ionic compound from its name using the periodic table to identify the ions and their charges. Be careful not to mix up ion names as this is common for beginners. Helpful hints include checking if the ion name ends in "-ide", "-ate", or "-ite" to identify metal vs. polyatomic ions.

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Steps for Naming Ionic Compounds

CaBr2
calcium bromide

Step 1: Write the name of the metal ion.


Step 2: Write the name of the nonmetal ion.
Step 3: YOU ARE DONE! It is that easy.
1. NaF 2. MgO
sodium fluoride magnesium oxide

3. SrCl2 4. Li2S
strontium chloride lithium sulfide

5. CaO 6. KI
calcium oxide potassium iodide
When polyatomic ions are used, simply use
the name of the polyatomic ion in the
compound.

1. NH4F 2. CaSO4
ammonium fluoride calcium sulfate

3. Mg(NO3)2 4. NaOH
magnesium nitrate sodium hydroxide
Name the ionic compounds that
are found on your notes.
calcium chloride
potassium sulfide
potassium permanganate
barium oxide
ammonium chloride
cesium chloride
magnesium sulfate
sodium bromide
aluminum phosphide
Writing Chemical Formula of
Ionic Compounds
You can also determine the formula of an ionic
compound from its name. To do this, you will need to
use what you already know about the Periodic Table.

magnesium iodide
+2 -
Mg I
MgI2
Step 1: Write the symbol of the metal ion.
Step 2: Write the symbol of the nonmetal ion.
Step 3: Determine the charges using the periodic table.
Step 4: Determine the formula from the ions.
This is just as easy to do with polyatomic ions. You just
need to use the name of the polyatomic ion.

strontium nitrate
+2 -
Sr NO3
Sr(NO3)2
Step 1: Write the symbol of the metal ion.
Step 2: Write the formula of the polyatomic ion.
Step 3: Determine the charges using the periodic table
and the table of polyatomic ions.
Step 4: Determine the formula from the ions.
Be very careful that you do not mix up the names
of ions. This is very common for beginners to
naming.
Decide which name goes with each ion.

-3 nitrate -
N nitride
NO3
-2 sulfide -2
S sulfite
SO3
-3 phosphate -3
P phosphide PO4
Helpful Hint:
If the ion ends in –ide, it is probably from
the periodic table. If the ion ends in –ate
or –ite, it is a polyatomic ion.
Examples:
sulfate sulfide sulfite

SO4 -2 S -2 SO3-2

nitride nitrite nitrate

N-3 NO2- NO3-


Write the formula of each of the ionic
compounds named on your notes.

KI
SnCl4
BaSO4
NaCl
SrS
CuCO3
AlBr3
Li3N

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