{"id":41167,"date":"2025-06-28T07:27:34","date_gmt":"2025-06-28T07:27:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gaviki.com\/blog\/?p=41167"},"modified":"2025-06-28T07:27:35","modified_gmt":"2025-06-28T07:27:35","slug":"give-each-compound-an-appropriate-name-or-formula","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gaviki.com\/blog\/give-each-compound-an-appropriate-name-or-formula\/","title":{"rendered":"Give each compound an appropriate name or formula"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Give each compound an appropriate name or formula. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>a) Iron(III) chloride <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>b) AlBr3 <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>c) Tin(II) acetate <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>d) Ba(NO3)2 \u00b7 2 H2O <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u00a0e) Phosphoric acid <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>f) HCN (aq) <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>g) Chlorous acid <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>h) HC2H3O2 (aq)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Here are the correct names or formulas for each compound:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>a) <strong>Iron(III) chloride<\/strong> \u2192 <strong>FeCl\u2083<\/strong><br>b) <strong>AlBr\u2083<\/strong> \u2192 <strong>Aluminum bromide<\/strong><br>c) <strong>Tin(II) acetate<\/strong> \u2192 <strong>Sn(C\u2082H\u2083O\u2082)\u2082<\/strong><br>d) <strong>Ba(NO\u2083)\u2082 \u00b7 2 H\u2082O<\/strong> \u2192 <strong>Barium nitrate dihydrate<\/strong><br>e) <strong>Phosphoric acid<\/strong> \u2192 <strong>H\u2083PO\u2084<\/strong><br>f) <strong>HCN (aq)<\/strong> \u2192 <strong>Hydrocyanic acid<\/strong><br>g) <strong>Chlorous acid<\/strong> \u2192 <strong>HClO\u2082<\/strong><br>h) <strong>HC\u2082H\u2083O\u2082 (aq)<\/strong> \u2192 <strong>Acetic acid<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Explanation:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Naming and writing chemical formulas depend on whether a compound is ionic, covalent, or acidic. Transition metals such as iron and tin use Roman numerals to indicate their oxidation states. For example, Iron(III) indicates a +3 charge, requiring three chloride ions (Cl\u207b) to balance one Fe\u00b3\u207a, forming <strong>FeCl\u2083<\/strong>. Similarly, Tin(II) acetate involves a +2 tin ion (Sn\u00b2\u207a) and two acetate ions (C\u2082H\u2083O\u2082\u207b), resulting in <strong>Sn(C\u2082H\u2083O\u2082)\u2082<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>For binary ionic compounds like <strong>AlBr\u2083<\/strong>, naming is straightforward: the metal (aluminum) comes first, followed by the nonmetal (bromine) with the suffix &#8220;-ide.&#8221; No Roman numeral is needed for aluminum because it has only one common charge (+3).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Hydrated salts, like <strong>Ba(NO\u2083)\u2082 \u00b7 2 H\u2082O<\/strong>, are named by stating the salt followed by a prefix and &#8220;hydrate&#8221; to indicate the number of water molecules. Hence, the name is <strong>barium nitrate dihydrate<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Acids follow different rules. Oxyacids like <strong>H\u2083PO\u2084<\/strong> are named based on the polyatomic ion. &#8220;Phosphate&#8221; becomes &#8220;phosphoric acid.&#8221; For acids with &#8220;-ite&#8221; ions, like chlorite (ClO\u2082\u207b), the corresponding acid is named &#8220;chlorous acid&#8221; (<strong>HClO\u2082<\/strong>). Acids that do not contain oxygen, like <strong>HCN<\/strong>, are named using the &#8220;hydro-&#8221; prefix and &#8220;-ic acid&#8221; suffix, making <strong>hydrocyanic acid<\/strong>. Lastly, <strong>HC\u2082H\u2083O\u2082 (aq)<\/strong> is a common weak organic acid known as <strong>acetic acid<\/strong>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Give each compound an appropriate name or formula. a) Iron(III) chloride b) AlBr3 c) Tin(II) acetate d) Ba(NO3)2 \u00b7 2 H2O \u00a0e) Phosphoric acid f) HCN (aq) g) Chlorous acid h) HC2H3O2 (aq) Here are the correct names or formulas for each compound: a) Iron(III) chloride \u2192 FeCl\u2083b) AlBr\u2083 \u2192 Aluminum bromidec) Tin(II) acetate \u2192 [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-41167","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-quiz-questions"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/gaviki.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/41167","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/gaviki.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/gaviki.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gaviki.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gaviki.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=41167"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/gaviki.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/41167\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":41169,"href":"https:\/\/gaviki.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/41167\/revisions\/41169"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/gaviki.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=41167"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gaviki.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=41167"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gaviki.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=41167"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}