Chapter 4 Flashcards
Compounds composed of two elements
Binary compounds
Charge entities of several nonmetals bound together
Polyatomic ions
A binary compound that contains a cation and an anion
Binary ionic compound
Compounds that contain type I cations
Type I binary compounds
Metal atoms that form only one cation
Type I cations
Compounds that contain type II cations
Type II binary compounds
Metal atoms that can form two or more cations
Type II cations
Compounds that contain only nonmetals
Type III binary compounds
Polyatomic anions that contain an atom of a given element and different numbers of oxygen atoms
Oxyanions
Molecules that produce H+ ions (protons) when dissolved in water (H+ ions attached to an anion)
Acids
An acid that is made up of hydrogen and a nonmetal
Binary acid