Formulas of Ionic Compounds and Electronic Structures of Ions

Question 1

What are ionic compounds made up of?

Answer 1

A positively charged part and a negatively charged part

Question 2

What is the overall charge of a compound?

Answer 2

Zero, all the negative charges must balance the positive charges

Question 3

If magnesium is Mg 2+, and chlorine in Cl - then what is the equation of magnesium chloride?

Answer 3

MgCl₂

Mg has 2 positives and you need 2 chlorines because they only have 1 negative charge

Question 4

When drawing electronic structure diagrams, draw square brackets around each ion with the + or - sign outside the bracket

Answer 4

When drawing electronic structure diagrams, draw square brackets around each ion with the + or - sign outside the bracket