{"id":160645,"date":"2024-11-03T07:51:24","date_gmt":"2024-11-03T07:51:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/learnexams.com\/blog\/?p=160645"},"modified":"2024-11-03T07:51:25","modified_gmt":"2024-11-03T07:51:25","slug":"what-is-the-chemical-name-for-feno22","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.learnexams.com\/blog\/2024\/11\/03\/what-is-the-chemical-name-for-feno22\/","title":{"rendered":"What is the chemical name for Fe(NO2)2"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>What is the chemical name for Fe(NO2)2?<br>1) iron (II) nitrate 2) iron (II) nitrite 3) iron (III) nitrate 4) iron (III) nitride<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\" class=\"has-inline-color has-ast-global-color-6-color\">The Correct Answer and Explanation is:<\/mark><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The correct answer is <strong>2) iron (II) nitrite<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Explanation:<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>To determine the chemical name for Fe(NO\u2082)\u2082, we must first analyze its components:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Identify the oxidation state of iron (Fe)<\/strong>:<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>In Fe(NO\u2082)\u2082, the nitrite ion (NO\u2082\u207b) has a charge of -1. Since there are two nitrite ions, the total negative charge contributed by the nitrite ions is -2.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>To balance this, iron must have a charge of +2. Therefore, we designate iron as iron (II), indicating it has a +2 oxidation state.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Understand the nitrite ion (NO\u2082\u207b)<\/strong>:<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>The nitrite ion is composed of one nitrogen atom and two oxygen atoms. It is a polyatomic ion known for its -1 charge.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Naming conventions<\/strong>:<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>When naming a compound, the cation (positively charged ion) is named first, followed by the anion (negatively charged ion).<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Since we have iron (Fe) with a +2 oxidation state, it is named &#8220;iron (II).&#8221;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>The nitrite ion is simply referred to as &#8220;nitrite,&#8221; without any additional prefixes or suffixes.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Putting it all together, the name of Fe(NO\u2082)\u2082 is <strong>iron (II) nitrite<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Incorrect Options:<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Iron (II) nitrate<\/strong>: This would be represented as Fe(NO\u2083)\u2082, where the nitrate ion (NO\u2083\u207b) has a -1 charge.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Iron (III) nitrate<\/strong>: This would be Fe(NO\u2083)\u2083, indicating iron in a +3 oxidation state with three nitrate ions.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Iron (III) nitride<\/strong>: This would imply the presence of the nitride ion (N\u00b3\u207b), resulting in a completely different compound.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n<p>Thus, the only accurate name for Fe(NO\u2082)\u2082, considering its oxidation state and the type of ions present, is <strong>iron (II) nitrite<\/strong>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>What is the chemical name for Fe(NO2)2?1) iron (II) nitrate 2) iron (II) nitrite 3) iron (III) nitrate 4) iron (III) nitride The Correct Answer and Explanation is: The correct answer is 2) iron (II) nitrite. Explanation: To determine the chemical name for Fe(NO\u2082)\u2082, we must first analyze its components: Putting it all together, the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"","ast-site-content-layout":"default","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","ast-disable-related-posts":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"default","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"footnotes":""},"categories":[25],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-160645","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-exams-certification"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.learnexams.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/160645","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.learnexams.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.learnexams.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.learnexams.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.learnexams.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=160645"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.learnexams.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/160645\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.learnexams.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=160645"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.learnexams.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=160645"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.learnexams.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=160645"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}