{"id":186106,"date":"2025-01-24T06:24:05","date_gmt":"2025-01-24T06:24:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/learnexams.com\/blog\/?p=186106"},"modified":"2025-01-24T06:24:07","modified_gmt":"2025-01-24T06:24:07","slug":"what-is-the-correct-formula-for-potassium-sulfite","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.learnexams.com\/blog\/2025\/01\/24\/what-is-the-correct-formula-for-potassium-sulfite\/","title":{"rendered":"What is the correct formula for potassium sulfite"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>What is the correct formula for potassium sulfite? A) KSO B) K,5O C) K,SO D) K,SO<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\" class=\"has-inline-color has-ast-global-color-6-color\"><strong>The Correct Answer and Explanation is :<\/strong><\/mark><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The correct formula for potassium sulfite is <strong>K\u2082SO\u2083<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Here&#8217;s a detailed explanation:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Potassium (K)<\/strong> is an alkali metal in group 1 of the periodic table, and it forms a <strong>+1 charge<\/strong> when it becomes an ion (K\u207a).<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Sulfite (SO\u2083\u00b2\u207b)<\/strong> is a polyatomic ion consisting of one sulfur (S) atom and three oxygen (O) atoms. The sulfite ion carries a <strong>-2 charge<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>To form a neutral compound, the total positive charge from the potassium ions must balance the total negative charge from the sulfite ions. Since potassium ions have a +1 charge and the sulfite ion has a -2 charge, two potassium ions are needed to balance the charges.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Thus, the correct formula is <strong>K\u2082SO\u2083<\/strong>, meaning two potassium ions combine with one sulfite ion to form potassium sulfite.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Breakdown of each option:<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>A) KSO<\/strong>: This formula suggests one potassium ion and one sulfite ion. However, the charges don\u2019t balance (K\u207a has +1 charge and SO\u2083\u00b2\u207b has -2 charge), so this is incorrect.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>B) K,5O<\/strong>: This is not a correct formula for any known compound. It includes an inappropriate comma and inconsistent notation for oxygen.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>C) K,SO<\/strong>: This formula is also incorrect due to a misrepresentation of the chemical formula. The correct sulfite ion is SO\u2083\u00b2\u207b, not SO.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>D) K,SO<\/strong>: Same as C, it\u2019s incorrect because it lacks the correct representation of sulfite.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>The correct formula, <strong>K\u2082SO\u2083<\/strong>, is the balanced, neutral compound formed by potassium and sulfite ions.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>What is the correct formula for potassium sulfite? A) KSO B) K,5O C) K,SO D) K,SO The Correct Answer and Explanation is : The correct formula for potassium sulfite is K\u2082SO\u2083. Here&#8217;s a detailed explanation: To form a neutral compound, the total positive charge from the potassium ions must balance the total negative charge from [&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-186106","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-exams-certification"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.learnexams.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/186106","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=186106"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.learnexams.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/186106\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.learnexams.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=186106"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.learnexams.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=186106"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.learnexams.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=186106"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}