{"id":206499,"date":"2025-03-31T17:08:28","date_gmt":"2025-03-31T17:08:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/learnexams.com\/blog\/?p=206499"},"modified":"2025-03-31T17:08:34","modified_gmt":"2025-03-31T17:08:34","slug":"complete-the-table-below-by-writing-the-symbols-for-the-cation-and-anion-that-make-up-each-ionic-compound","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.learnexams.com\/blog\/2025\/03\/31\/complete-the-table-below-by-writing-the-symbols-for-the-cation-and-anion-that-make-up-each-ionic-compound\/","title":{"rendered":"Complete the table below by writing the symbols for the cation and anion that make up each ionic compound"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Complete the table below by writing the symbols for the cation and anion that make up each ionic compound. The first row has been completed for you.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The correct answer and explanation is:<\/mark><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Here is the completed table with the correct cation and anion symbols for each ionic compound:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Ionic Compound<\/th>Cation Symbol<\/th>Anion Symbol<\/th><\/tr><\/thead>
Sodium chloride (NaCl)<\/td>Na\u207a<\/td>Cl\u207b<\/td><\/tr>
Calcium bromide (CaBr\u2082)<\/td>Ca\u00b2\u207a<\/td>Br\u207b<\/td><\/tr>
Aluminum oxide (Al\u2082O\u2083)<\/td>Al\u00b3\u207a<\/td>O\u00b2\u207b<\/td><\/tr>
Magnesium nitrate (Mg(NO\u2083)\u2082)<\/td>Mg\u00b2\u207a<\/td>NO\u2083\u207b<\/td><\/tr>
Potassium sulfate (K\u2082SO\u2084)<\/td>K\u207a<\/td>SO\u2084\u00b2\u207b<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Explanation:<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Ionic compounds are composed of positively charged ions (cations) and negatively charged ions (anions) that are held together by electrostatic forces. The charges of these ions must balance to create a neutral compound.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    \n
  1. Sodium chloride (NaCl):<\/strong>\n
      \n
    • Sodium (Na) is a Group 1 metal, forming Na\u207a.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
    • Chlorine (Cl) is a Group 17 nonmetal, forming Cl\u207b.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
    • The 1:1 ratio balances the charges.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n
    • Calcium bromide (CaBr\u2082):<\/strong>\n
        \n
      • Calcium (Ca) is a Group 2 metal, forming Ca\u00b2\u207a.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
      • Bromine (Br) is a Group 17 nonmetal, forming Br\u207b.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
      • Two Br\u207b ions are needed to balance one Ca\u00b2\u207a ion.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n
      • Aluminum oxide (Al\u2082O\u2083):<\/strong>\n
          \n
        • Aluminum (Al) is a Group 13 metal, forming Al\u00b3\u207a.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
        • Oxygen (O) is a Group 16 nonmetal, forming O\u00b2\u207b.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
        • The ratio of Al\u00b3\u207a to O\u00b2\u207b is 2:3 to balance the total charge.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n
        • Magnesium nitrate (Mg(NO\u2083)\u2082):<\/strong>\n
            \n
          • Magnesium (Mg) is a Group 2 metal, forming Mg\u00b2\u207a.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
          • Nitrate (NO\u2083\u207b) is a polyatomic ion with a charge of -1.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
          • Two NO\u2083\u207b ions are needed to balance one Mg\u00b2\u207a ion.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n
          • Potassium sulfate (K\u2082SO\u2084):<\/strong>\n
              \n
            • Potassium (K) is a Group 1 metal, forming K\u207a.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
            • Sulfate (SO\u2084\u00b2\u207b) is a polyatomic ion with a charge of -2.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
            • Two K\u207a ions are required to balance one SO\u2084\u00b2\u207b ion.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n

              Now, I will generate an image of the completed table.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

              Here is the image of the completed table, generated using DALL\u00b7E, OpenAI’s legacy image generation model. A new model will be rolling out in ChatGPT soon! Let me know if you need any modifications.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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              Complete the table below by writing the symbols for the cation and anion that make up each ionic compound. The first row has been completed for you. The correct answer and explanation is: Here is the completed table with the correct cation and anion symbols for each ionic compound: Ionic Compound Cation Symbol Anion Symbol […]<\/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-206499","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-exams-certification"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.learnexams.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/206499","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=206499"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.learnexams.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/206499\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.learnexams.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=206499"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.learnexams.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=206499"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.learnexams.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=206499"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}