PRACTICE: Writing and Naming Ionic Compounds
Ionic bond (Compound)
A chemical bond in which a metal atom loses an electron to form a positive cation and a nonmetal atom gains an electron to form a negative ion
Aluminum bromide
AlBr₃
Formula for Aluminum fluoride
AlF₃
Aluminum nitride
AlN
Aluminum sulfide
Al₂S₃
Write the chemical formula for aluminum sulfide
Al₂S₃
Ion
Atom with a charge
Barium oxide
BaO
BaF₂
Barium fluoride
Calcium bromide
CaBr₂
Calcium chloride
CaCl₂
Write the chemical formula for Calcium sulfide
CaS
Ca(NO₃)₂
Calcium nitrate
CaO
Calcium oxide
Write the chemical formula for calcium nitride
Ca₃N₂
copper (II) nitride
Cu3N2
Formula for potassium hydroxide
KOH
Formula for potassium oxide
K₂O
Potassium sulfide
K₂S
Write the chemical formula for potassium nitride
K₃N
lithium bromide
LiBr
Formula for lithium fluoride
LiF
Lithium nitrate
LiNO₃
Write the chemical formula for lithium sulfide
Li₂S
MgCl₂
Magnesium chloride
magnesium chloride
MgCl2
Formula for magnesium fluoride
MgF₂
Magnesium sulfide
MgS
Sodium fluoride
NaF
Sodium iodide
NaI
Anion
Negatively charged ion results from gain of electrons nonmetals only
Cation
Positively positively charged ion. results from loss of electrons. Metals only
KI
Potassium iodide
Write the chemical formula for tin (IV) sulfide
SnS₂
Na₃N
Sodium nitride
Na₂S
Sodium sulfide
Al2Se3
aluminum selenide
PbS
lead II sulfide
MgCl2
magnesium chloride
