Atoms, Molecules, and Ions

Chemistry (OpenStax) · 61 exercises

Q56E

Question: Write the formulas of the following compounds: 

(a) barium chloride 

(b) magnesium nitride 

(c) sulfur dioxide 

(d) nitrogen trichloride 

(e) dinitrogen trioxide 

(f) tin(IV) chloride

2 step solution

Q57E

Each of the following compounds contains a metal that can exhibit more than one ionic charge. Name these compounds:

a. Cr2O3

b. FeCl2

c. CrO3

d.  TiCl4

e.CoO

f. MoS2

2 step solution

Q58E

Each of the following compounds contains a metal that can exhibit more than one ionic charge. Name these compounds:

a. NiCO3

b. MoO3

c.Co(NO3)2

d. V2O5

e. MnO2

f. Fe2O3

2 step solution

Q59E

The following compounds are found in common household products. Write the formulas for each compound:

a. Potassium Phosphate

b. Copper (II) sulfate

c. Calcium Chloride

d. Titanium (IV) Dioxide

e. Ammonium nitrate

f. Sodium bisulfate (the common name for sodium hydrogen sulfate)

7 step solution

Q60E

The following compounds are found in common household products. Name each of these compounds:

a. Ca(H3PO4)2

b. FeSO4

c. CaCO3

d. MgO

e. NaNO2

f. KI

7 step solution

Q61E

What are the IUPAC names of the following compounds? 

  1. Manganese dioxide
  2. Mercurous chloride (Hg2Cl2)
  3.  Ferric nitrate [Fe(NO3)3]
  4. Titanium Tetrachloride
  5.  Cupric bromide (CuBr2)

2 step solution

Q.21E

Repeat Exercise 2.20 using an element that has three naturally occurring isotopes.

4 step solution

Q28 E

Explain why the symbol for element sulfur and the formula for a molecule of sulfur differ.

2 step solution

Q29E



Write the molecular and empirical formulas of the following compounds:\(\begin{aligned}{\underline{\phantom{xx}}}a)O = C = O\\b)H - C \equiv C - H\end{aligned}\) 

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2 step solution

Q36E

Use the build a molecule simulation (http://openstaxcollege.org/1/16molbuilding) to repeat Exercise 2.34, but build a molecule with three carbons, seven hydrogens, and one chlorine.

  1. Draw the structural formula of this molecule and state its name.
  2. Can u arrange these atoms to make a different molecule? If so, draw its structural formula and state its name.
  3. How are molecules drawn in (a) and (b) the same? How do they differs? What are they called (the type of relationship between these molecules, not their names)?

6 step solution

Q38E

Using the periodic table, classify each of the following elements as a metal or a nonmetal, and then further classify each as a main-group (representative) element, transition metal, or inner transition metal:

(a) cobalt 

(b) europium

(c) iodine

(d) indium

(e) lithium 

(f) oxygen

(h) cadmium 

(i) terbium 

(j) rhenium

3 step solution

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