The positive and negative charges are equal in magnitude (absolute value).
Ionic compounds always want to have stability. The total numbers of positive and negative charges must equal each other so the ion can become stable.
element A's atomic # is 6: element B's atomic # is 2:
when they combine A becomes negative and B becomes positive
Every positive charge will cancel out a negative charge so the sum of all charges should be zero.
Magnesium chloride is an neutral ionic compound. In neutral ionic compounds, the positive charge of the cations must balance out the negative charge of the anions. In the case of magnesium chloride, magnesium is the cation with an ionic charge of +2 and chlorine is the anion with an ionic charge (each) of -1. Since two chlorine anions together have a charge of -2 total, they balance out the one magnesium cation with a charge of +2.
The formula is Ca3N2: Calcium forms divalent cations and nitrogen forms trivalent anions.
Sulfer is an element, only compounds can be ionic. For example, NaCl is an ionic compound- something that has a metal and a non-metal.
Magnesium forms divalent cations and chlorine forms monovalent anions; therefore, the binary compound of magnesium and chloride has the formula MgCl2.
Probably in ionic compounds where they act as anions. I don't think OBr2 will exist everywhere at all.
Cations and anions compse ionic chemical compounds.
yes
No, cations have a positive charge and have lost electrons. Anions have a negative charge and have gained electrons. In an ionic compound anions and cations attract each other due to opposite charges.
No they are not positively charged. Ionic bonds comprise of anions and cations.
True: Ionic compounds are composed of anions and cations False: They are composed of nonmetallic elements.
They have opposite charges. Like charges repel, opposite charges attract.
Because ionic compounds are dissociated in water solutions in electrically charged ions - cations and anions.
Compounds that are formed from cations and anions, or ions with negative and positive charge. Ionic compounds are also compounds that are formed from a metal and a non-metal.
Yes , ionic compounds always have positively charged cations and negatively charged anions. But in an ionic compound the positive and negative charges balance exactly leaving an overall charge of zero
Yes. Ionic compounds contain anions and cations in proportions that balance the charges making samples of the compound electrically neutral. Examples are NaCl, ions Na+ Cl- , proportions 1:1 CaCl2,ions Ca2+ Cl- , proportions 1:2
in a ionic compounds the characteristic colors of the reactants and the products are caused by the positive or negative ions in the compounds?
Ionic compounds are comprised of cations and anions. Cations are species with positive charges, and anions have negative charges. There are lots of simple ions (Ca2+ and Cl- are good examples). But it is possible for there to be "Polyatomic Ions", i.e. molecules that are arranged in such a way that they have more or less electrons than there are protons in the molecule, and therefore have an overall charge. So in a compound like NH4Cl, the cation is NH4 + and the anion is Cl-