How do you represent an ionic compound?

Answer 1

You can represent the composition of an ionic compound by writing chemical formulas.

Answer 2

The letters surrounded by dots representing the electrons. Around each atom, youd put square brackets and then write the charge for example [Cl]- [Na]+ the Cl would have 8 dots, the Na 0. The "-" and "+" would be in superscript (small and top corner of the square bracket) [Mg]2+ s[Cl]- (Mg 0 dots, Cl 8 dots and the 2+ and the - are superscript)

Answer 3

An ionic compound is made up of a mixture of cations (positive ions) and anions (negative ions).

The overall charges of the two cancel out.

NaCl, made up of Na+ + Cl- ions in a 1 : 1 ratio

However, Aluminium forms a 3+ cation and so needs 3 times as many chloride ions to equal the charges.

AlCl3 --> Al3+ + 3CL-

Answer 4

You can represent the composition of an ionic compound by writing chemical formulas.

Answer 5

They are good conductors as solids.