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Chemistry Final 1

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tertiary compounds
composed of three elements, one of which is a metal, and two of which are non-metals bonded together in a polyatomic ion
CuNO3
KMnO4
Na2CO3 are examples of
tertiary compounds
ionic compound
A compound that consists of positive and negative ions. a compound that is formed between a metal and a non-metal
in ionic compounds
the metal will always be a cation and the non-metal will always be an anion
Binary ionic compounds
contain only two elements, one is the cation and the other is the anion. one metal and one non-metal
If a compound is made from a metal and a non-metal
its bonding will be ionic.
If a compound is made from two non-metals
its bonding is molecular (a type of covalent bond)
naming a binary ionic compound
name of cation + base name of anion + -ide
polyatomic ion
a tightly bound group of atoms that behaves as a unit and has a positive or negative charge
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