Monday, January 30, 2006

FORMULAS

All ions formed from:

group 1 ,(H+), (NH4+) have charges (+1)

group 2, Pb2+, Cu2+,Fe2+ have charges (+2)

group 3, have charges (+3)

group 6, (CO32-), (SO42- ) have charges (-2)

group 7, (OH-), (NO3-) have charges (-1)


* certain ions have various valency:
(Fe2+, Fe3+) , (Pb2+,Pb4+)