{"id":210151,"date":"2025-04-30T05:42:29","date_gmt":"2025-04-30T05:42:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/learnexams.com\/blog\/?p=210151"},"modified":"2025-04-30T05:42:31","modified_gmt":"2025-04-30T05:42:31","slug":"which-of-the-following-is-the-correct-formula-for-manganeseiii-sulfate","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.learnexams.com\/blog\/2025\/04\/30\/which-of-the-following-is-the-correct-formula-for-manganeseiii-sulfate\/","title":{"rendered":"Which of the following is the correct formula for manganese(III) sulfate"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Which of the following is the correct formula for manganese(III) sulfate?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>a. MnSO4<br>b. Mn2(SO4)3<br>c. Mn(SO4)2<br>d. Mn3(SO4)2<br>e. Mn2804<\/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 <strong>manganese(III) sulfate<\/strong> is:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>b. Mn\u2082(SO\u2084)\u2083<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Explanation (Approx. 300 words):<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>To determine the correct chemical formula of manganese(III) sulfate, we need to consider the <strong>charges of the ions<\/strong> involved.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Manganese(III)<\/strong> means manganese has a <strong>+3 oxidation state<\/strong>, so the cation is <strong>Mn\u00b3\u207a<\/strong>.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Sulfate<\/strong> is a polyatomic anion with the formula <strong>SO\u2084\u00b2\u207b<\/strong> and a charge of <strong>-2<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n<p>We now need to <strong>combine Mn\u00b3\u207a and SO\u2084\u00b2\u207b in such a way that the compound is electrically neutral<\/strong>. This means the total positive charge must equal the total negative charge.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Let\u2019s find the <strong>least common multiple (LCM)<\/strong> of the charges:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Mn\u00b3\u207a has a +3 charge.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>SO\u2084\u00b2\u207b has a \u20132 charge.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>The <strong>LCM of 3 and 2 is 6<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>To get a total charge of +6, you need <strong>2 Mn\u00b3\u207a ions<\/strong>:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>2 \u00d7 (+3) = +6<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>To get a total charge of \u20136, you need <strong>3 SO\u2084\u00b2\u207b ions<\/strong>:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>3 \u00d7 (\u20132) = \u20136<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>So, to balance the charges, you need <strong>2 manganese(III) ions<\/strong> and <strong>3 sulfate ions<\/strong>, resulting in the formula:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u27a1 <strong>Mn\u2082(SO\u2084)\u2083<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Why the Other Options Are Incorrect:<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>a. MnSO\u2084<\/strong> \u2013 Manganese is in the +2 state here; this is <strong>manganese(II) sulfate<\/strong>.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>c. Mn(SO\u2084)\u2082<\/strong> \u2013 Implies manganese is in the +4 state (Mn\u2074\u207a), which is incorrect for manganese(III).<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>d. Mn\u2083(SO\u2084)\u2082<\/strong> \u2013 This matches a +2 manganese ion (3 \u00d7 +2 = +6, 2 \u00d7 \u20132 = \u20134 \u2192 unbalanced).<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>e. Mn2804<\/strong> \u2013 Not a valid formula; likely a typographical error.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p>Thus, the correct and chemically balanced formula for <strong>manganese(III) sulfate<\/strong> is:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u2705 <strong>b. Mn\u2082(SO\u2084)\u2083<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Which of the following is the correct formula for manganese(III) sulfate? a. MnSO4b. Mn2(SO4)3c. Mn(SO4)2d. Mn3(SO4)2e. Mn2804 The correct answer and explanation is : The correct formula for manganese(III) sulfate is: b. Mn\u2082(SO\u2084)\u2083 Explanation (Approx. 300 words): To determine the correct chemical formula of manganese(III) sulfate, we need to consider the charges of the ions [&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-210151","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-exams-certification"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.learnexams.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/210151","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=210151"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.learnexams.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/210151\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.learnexams.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=210151"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.learnexams.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=210151"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.learnexams.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=210151"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}