{"id":215852,"date":"2025-05-18T03:01:30","date_gmt":"2025-05-18T03:01:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/learnexams.com\/blog\/?p=215852"},"modified":"2025-05-18T03:01:32","modified_gmt":"2025-05-18T03:01:32","slug":"which-is-the-correct-name-of-snso3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.learnexams.com\/blog\/2025\/05\/18\/which-is-the-correct-name-of-snso3\/","title":{"rendered":"Which is the correct name of SnSO3"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Which is the correct name of SnSO3? Tin (Sn) ions have variable charges.<br>Group of answer choices:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>a. tin(II) sulfite<br>b. tin sulfite<br>c. tin(II) sulfate<br>d. tin(IV) sulfite<br>e. tin(IV) sulfate<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\" class=\"has-inline-color has-ast-global-color-0-color\">The Correct Answer and Explanation is:<\/mark><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The correct name for <strong>SnSO\u2083<\/strong> is <strong>tin(II) sulfite<\/strong> (answer <strong>a<\/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:<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>To name <strong>SnSO\u2083<\/strong>, we need to analyze the chemical formula and the possible charges on the ions involved.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Step 1: Identify the ions present<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Sn<\/strong> is tin, a metal that can have more than one possible oxidation state (variable charges).<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>SO\u2083<\/strong> is the polyatomic ion sulfite.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Step 2: Determine the charge on the polyatomic ion<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>The <strong>sulfite ion (SO\u2083)<\/strong> has a charge of <strong>-2<\/strong>. This is well-known from common polyatomic ions:<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Step 3: Determine the oxidation state of tin<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The compound is neutral overall, so the total positive charge from tin must balance the total negative charge from sulfite.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Since sulfite is SO\u2083\u00b2\u207b (charge -2), tin must have a charge of +2 to balance the charge.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Hence, tin is in the +2 oxidation state here.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Step 4: Naming the compound<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>When a metal (tin) can have multiple oxidation states, the oxidation state of the metal is indicated in parentheses using Roman numerals.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Since tin is +2 here, we use <strong>tin(II)<\/strong>.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>The anion is sulfite, so the name is <strong>tin(II) sulfite<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Why not the other options?<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Summary:<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>SnSO\u2083<\/strong> is composed of one tin ion and one sulfite ion. Sulfite has a charge of -2, so tin must be +2 to balance the charge in a neutral compound. Therefore, the proper name is <strong>tin(II) sulfite<\/strong>. This name correctly identifies the oxidation state of tin and the nature of the polyatomic ion involved.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Which is the correct name of SnSO3? Tin (Sn) ions have variable charges.Group of answer choices: a. tin(II) sulfiteb. tin sulfitec. tin(II) sulfated. tin(IV) sulfitee. tin(IV) sulfate The Correct Answer and Explanation is: The correct name for SnSO\u2083 is tin(II) sulfite (answer a). Explanation: To name SnSO\u2083, we need to analyze the chemical formula and [&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-215852","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-exams-certification"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.learnexams.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/215852","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=215852"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.learnexams.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/215852\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.learnexams.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=215852"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.learnexams.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=215852"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.learnexams.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=215852"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}