Chemistry Form 4

CHAPTER 3: CHEMICAL FORMULAE AND

EQUATIONS

Jamilah Akbar, SMK Slim, Slim River, 10/02/07

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SO42-, NH4+ and NO3- are

some examples of ions.
Which figure shows
charge of the ions ?

Subscript or
superscript ?
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Identify the charge of these ions.

SO4 ,
2- PO43- , NO3 1-

Na 1+ , Ca2+ , NH41+

OH 1- , CO32- , HCO3 1-
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Charges of ions.

SO4 ,
2- PO43- , NO3 1-

Na 1+ , Ca2+ , NH41+

OH 1- , CO32- , HCO3 1-
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Example 1 : Sodium chloride

Ions symbols : Na+, Cl-

Net charge = 0
Number of Na+ = 1
Number of Cl- = 1

NaCl
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Example 1 : Sodium chloride

Na + Cl -

NaCl
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Example 2 : Potassium chloride

K + Cl -

KCl
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Example 3 : Magnesium oxide

Mg 2+ O 2-

MgO
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Example 4 : Magnesium sulphate

Mg 2+ SO4 2-

MgSO4
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Example 5 : Zinc sulphate

Zn 2+ SO4 2-

ZnSO4
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Example 6 : Calsium carbonate

Ca 2+ CO3 2-

CaCO3
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Example 7 : Copper (II) carbonate

Cu 2+ CO3 2-

CuCO3
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Example 8 : Sodium oxide

Na 1+ Na 1+ O 2-

Na2O
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Example 9 : Litium oxide

Li + Li + O 2-

Li2O
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Example 9 : Aluminium oxide

Al 3+ Al 3+ O 2- O 2- O 2-

Al2O3
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Example 10 : Sodium hydroxide

Na + OH -

NaOH
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Example 11 : Potasium phosphate

K + K + K + PO4 3-

K3PO4
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Example 12 : Sodium nitrate

Na + NO3 -

NaNO3
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Example 13 : Lead (II) nitrate

Pb 2+ NO3 - NO3 -

Pb (NO3)2
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Example 14 : Zinc chloride

Zn 2+ Cl - Cl -

ZnCl2
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Example 15 : Aluminium chloride

Al 3+ Cl - Cl - Cl -

AlCl3
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Example 16 : Aluminium hydroxide

Al 3+ OH - OH - OH -

Al (OH)3
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Example 18 : Aluminium sulphate

Al 3+ Al 3+ SO4 2- SO4 2-

SO4 2-

Al2 (SO4)3
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Example 19 : Barium hydroxide

Ba 2+ OH - OH -

Ba (OH)2
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Example 20 : Sodium hydrogen carbonate

Na + HCO3 -

NaHCO3
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Ionic Compound Cation Anion Formula

1 Sodium chloride Na+ Cl- NaCl

2 Sodium oxide
3 Zinc oxide
4 Magnesium hydroxide
5 Lead (II) chloride
6 Copper(II) sulphate
7 Silver(I) nitrate
8 Calsium carbonate
9 Aluminium sulphate
10 Potassium carbonate
 Can you construct formulae
of covalent compounds using
the same method?
Why?

Name some covalent compounds

and write their formulae.

Jamilah Akbar, SMK Slim, Slim River, 10/02/07

jamilahakbar@yahoo.com