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Is there an ionic equation for decomposition of hydrogen peroxide?
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What ionic compounds are involved in hydrogen peroxide?
None.H-O-O-HA rough molecular representation of hydrogen peroxide showing all single covalent bonds. No ionic bonding here.
What is the ionic equation for a hydrogen and a carbonate?
H+ for hydrogen co32- for carbonates
How H2O different from H2O2?
H2O is water which is formed from a covalent bond between hydrogen and oxygen. H2O2 is hydrogen peroxide which is formed from an ionic bond between the hydrogen H+ cation and the peroxide O2- anion.
Is hydrogen peroxide a ionic compound?
No. Hydrogen peroxide (H2O2) is a covalent compound. Each oxygen atom goes through single bonding with the other oxygen atom, and another single bond with one hydrogen atom.
Why is hydrogen peroxide soluable in water?
Because it's an ionic compound and all ionic compounds disassociate in water solvents. They break apart into separate ions and form an electrolytic solution. In this case it would be the H+ cation and the (O2)2- anion from hydrogen peroxide which is H2O2
What ionic compounds are involved in hydrogen peroxide?
None.H-O-O-HA rough molecular representation of hydrogen peroxide showing all single covalent bonds. No ionic bonding here.
What has hydrogen peroxide in it?
most permanent hair dyes, the human body makes peroxide as byproduct for some cellular processes
What is the ionic equation for a hydrogen and a carbonate?
H+ for hydrogen co32- for carbonates
How H2O different from H2O2?
H2O is water which is formed from a covalent bond between hydrogen and oxygen. H2O2 is hydrogen peroxide which is formed from an ionic bond between the hydrogen H+ cation and the peroxide O2- anion.
Is hydrogen peroxide a ionic compound?
No. Hydrogen peroxide (H2O2) is a covalent compound. Each oxygen atom goes through single bonding with the other oxygen atom, and another single bond with one hydrogen atom.
Why is hydrogen peroxide soluable in water?
Because it's an ionic compound and all ionic compounds disassociate in water solvents. They break apart into separate ions and form an electrolytic solution. In this case it would be the H+ cation and the (O2)2- anion from hydrogen peroxide which is H2O2
Why is oxygen gas produced from the decomposition of H2O2 and not hydrogen gas?
Hydrogen has a much lower attraction for electrons than oxygen does (or in more technical terms, oxygen has a much higher electronegativity). So when hydrogen gives up an electron to oxygen, it creates a strong chemical bond (although not an ionic bond; hydrogen's electronegativity is too high for that). When hydrogen peroxide gives up excess oxygen, the hydrogen remains bonded to the remaining oxygen (since hydrogen peroxide becomes water, H2O). If instead the hydrogen peroxide were to give up hydrogen, you would lose the powerful bond between hydrogen and oxygen, and all you would get in exchange would be a much weaker bond between hydrogen atoms and other hydrogen atoms, in the diatomic hydrogen molecule. Chemical reactions move in the direction of the strongest available bonds.
What is the difference between a total ionic equation and a net ionic equation?
The net ionic equation has only the species involved in the chemical reaction.
Is hydrogen gas an ionic or covalent?
When talking about ionic or covalent, we are referring to the bonds between two atoms or ions, not characterizing the whole molecule. In hydrogen peroxide, the link between the two oxygen atoms is a covalent bond (both atoms are negatively charged, and share an electron), while the link between the hydrogen and oxygen atoms is an ionic bond (the oxygen atom is negatively charged and the hydrogen is positively charged, thus they are attracted to each other). ^^^ionic means that the electronegativity difference between atoms is greater than 1.5. Oxygen and hydrogen have a difference less than 1.5 but greater than .5 which makes it polar. Hydrogen peroxide is a covalent compound
Is hydrogen an ionic bond?
If you mean is the bond in hydrogen gas, H2 ionic then the answer is no.
How is a net ionic equation from a complete ionic equation?
the spectator ions are removed
How is a net ionic equation written from a ionic equation?
the spectator ions are removed
