Since it is called copper chloride, seems pretty obvious it's going to be copper.
This is the formula for copper I chloride.
Copper (II) chloride
Copper (II) chloride
The cation is the metal "Cu", otherwise known as the element Copper.
copper (III) chloride Added: It is very unlikely that CuCl3 exists: The only two possible oxidation states of copper are I (cuprous, Cu+) and II (cupric, Cu2+) and if it doesn't exist then it has also NO name! Correction on the above. It does exists it is just very unstable and will switch back to Cu(II)Cl2 it is used to create the Cu(I)Cl because it is very unstable in the Cu(I)Cl and will easily form into the copper 2
cuci2 is nothing. CuCl2 with a lowercase L is copper II chloride.
This is the formula for copper I chloride.
Copper (II) chloride
The compound is copper (I) perchlorate Cu(ClO4) The similar compound, copper (II) perchlorate is Cu(ClO4)2
The formula name for CuCl2 is copper(II) chloride. It indicates that copper is in its 2+ oxidation state in the compound.
Copper (III) chloride. Note that this is theoretical compound copper does have a +3 oxidation stae in some complexes but does not from compounds such as CuCl3. The only halides known are +1 oxdtn state:- CuCl, CuBr, CuI +2 oxdtn state : CuF2, CuCl2, CuBr2
The compound CuCl is called copper(I) chloride. In this compound, copper has a +1 oxidation state, and it is formed by the combination of copper and chlorine. Copper can also form a +2 oxidation state, leading to another compound called copper(II) chloride (CuCl₂).
The problem with your question is that "Copper chloride" is not a chemical formula; it is the name of a chemical compound. However, I understand what you are asking. The problem with the name "copper chloride" is that it is ambiguous. One must be able to write an unambiguous chemical formula from the compound's name and vice versa, but that cannot be done here since "copper chloride" can be either CuCl or CuCl2.Oxidized copper exists either as Cu+1 or as Cu+2. In other words, the copper atom has lost either one or two electrons. "Chloride" is chlorine with a -1 formal charge, thus it takes either one or two chloride ions to create [the neutral compound] copper chloride.For metal ions, the name of the ion with the highest oxidation state has the suffix "-ic" and the ion with the lower oxidation state possesses the suffix "-ous." That means that copper chloride is actually either cupric chloride, CuCl2, or it is cuprous chloride, or CuCl.
The problem with your question is that "Copper chloride" is not a chemical formula; it is the name of a chemical compound. However, I understand what you are asking. The problem with the name "copper chloride" is that it is ambiguous. One must be able to write an unambiguous chemical formula from the compound's name and vice versa, but that cannot be done here since "copper chloride" can be either CuCl or CuCl2.Oxidized copper exists either as Cu+1 or as Cu+2. In other words, the copper atom has lost either one or two electrons. "Chloride" is chlorine with a -1 formal charge, thus it takes either one or two chloride ions to create [the neutral compound] copper chloride.For metal ions, the name of the ion with the highest oxidation state has the suffix "-ic" and the ion with the lower oxidation state possesses the suffix "-ous." That means that copper chloride is actually either cupric chloride, CuCl2, or it is cuprous chloride, or CuCl.
Copper (II) chloride
Cu2Cl2 is cuprous chloride or copper(I) chloride, and the formula is normally written as CuCl.
No. Copper carbonate is a compound. As a rule of thumb if a substance has a two-part name it is probably not an element unless one of those word refers to its state (i.e. solid, liquid, gas, vapor)