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4.2 Names and Formulas of
Compounds
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2. The positive ion is always a _____ in a compound containing two elements, and it is always written first.
6. _____ _____ are compounds that are composed of positive ions and negative ions.
8. The compound, sulphur hexafluoride, contans _____ flouride ions.
9. In an ionic compound, the first part of the name indicates the _____ ion
13. In a covalent compound, the precise number of _____ of each element in the molecule is shown by the chemical formula.
14. A _____ covalent compound contains two non-metal elements joined together by one or more covalent bonds.
15. Nickel (Ni) in the periodic table lists two ion charges, 2+ and 3+. This means that nickel is _____.
16. In an ionic compound, _____ are used to show the smallest whole-number ratio of the ions.
17. _____ indicate the numbers of atoms of each element that appear in the formula of binary covalent compounds.
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1. Name the ionic compound formed from zinc and sulphur.
3. The chemical name of an ionic compound always has _____ parts
4. In the formula of an ionic compound, the _____ indicate the ratio in which the positive ions and negative ions are present together in the compound.
5. A _____ ion is an ion composed of more than one type of atom joined by covalent bonds.
7. Because polyatomic ions carry an _____ _____, they cannot exist on their own.
10. The crystal of salt shown in the background of this puzzle formed from a solution that contained sodium and chloride _____.
11. In multivalent ionic compounds, _____ numerals from I to VII correspond to ion charges from 1+ to 7+.
12. In a covalent compound, the subscripts show the actual number of atoms of each element in the _____.