Chemistry Study Guide
Chapter 6 - Nomenclature of Inorganic Compounds

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1. Define each of the following:
            a) diatomic
            b) monoatomic
            c) polyatomic
            d) ion
            e) ionic

2. What is the relationship in terms of number of electrons between a negative ion and its parent atom?        Positive ion?

3. When an ion of Cl^! is formed from its neutral atom, how does the number of electrons change?

4. How many atoms of each element are present in H₂SO₄?

5. What is the main difference between chloric acid and perchloric acid?

6. What type of compound is (NH₄)Br? (ternary, binary, diatomic,or molecular?)

7. How many ions are represented by the formula Mg(ClO₂)₂? How many atoms?

8. What fraction of the total number of atoms represented by the formula Li₂Cr₂O₇ are oxygen atoms?

9. How are the numbers 2 and 7 used in the formula Li₂Cr₂O₇?

10. In an ionic compound, what is the relationship between the sum of the positive charges and the sum of the negative charge s?

11. In what type of compound would the chromate ion, CrO₄^2!, most likely be found?
(molecular, binary, ternary, or ionic?)

12. What is the number of electrons represented by the formula CrO₄^2! if each carbon atom contains 6 protons and each oxygen atom contains 8 protons?

13. What elements are in the compound ammonium iodide?

14. What is the relationship between an ion that ends in "-ate" and one that ends in "-ite"?

15. What does the Roman numeral in the name iron (III) sulfite refer to?

16. Which of the following elements are most likely to form more that one kind of ion when ionic bonding occurs?
            iron      copper     sodium     chlorine
            lead     zinc           tin            sulfur

17. According to the formula for CaCl₂, what it the ratio of the number of calcium atoms to the number of chlorine atoms?

18. According to the formula for CaCl₂, what it the ratio of the number of chlorine atoms to the number of calcium atoms?

19. What happens the a fluorine atom when it becomes an ion?

20. Separate each of the following compounds into its ions.
            a) LiCl
            b) SnCl₄
            c). Sn₃(PO₄)₄

21. Name each of the following compounds.
            a) AlPO₄
            b) HC₂H₃O₂(aq)
            c) N₂O₃
            d) Na₂SO₄
            e) HF(aq)
            f) K₂Cr₂O₇
            g) CCl₄

22. Write the formula for each of the following:
            a) Magnesium phosphate
            b) Tin (IV) nitrate
            c) Hydrobromic acid
            d) Sulfur dioxide
            e) Potassium nitrate
            f) Sulfuric acid
            g) Disulfur dichloride
            h) Chlorous acid