{"id":239863,"date":"2025-07-03T05:54:26","date_gmt":"2025-07-03T05:54:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/learnexams.com\/blog\/?p=239863"},"modified":"2025-07-03T05:54:28","modified_gmt":"2025-07-03T05:54:28","slug":"what-is-the-correct-formula-for-zinc-nitrite","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.learnexams.com\/blog\/2025\/07\/03\/what-is-the-correct-formula-for-zinc-nitrite\/","title":{"rendered":"What is the correct formula for zinc nitrite"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>What is the correct formula for zinc nitrite? a. ZnNO2 b. ZnNO3 c. Zn2NO2 d. Zn2NO3 e. None of the above<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/learnexams.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/image-23.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-239871\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\" class=\"has-inline-color has-ast-global-color-1-color\">The Correct Answer and Explanation is:<\/mark><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The correct formula for zinc nitrite is <strong>a. ZnNO2<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Here\u2019s an explanation:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Zinc (Zn) forms a divalent ion (Zn\u00b2\u207a), meaning it typically has a +2 charge in ionic compounds. The nitrite ion (NO2\u207b) has a -1 charge. To balance the charges and create a neutral compound, one zinc ion (Zn\u00b2\u207a) pairs with two nitrite ions (NO2\u207b), because:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>The zinc ion has a +2 charge.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Each nitrite ion has a -1 charge.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Thus, two nitrite ions are required to balance the +2 charge from one zinc ion. This results in the formula <strong>Zn(NO2)2<\/strong>, which is commonly written as <strong>ZnNO2<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Therefore, option <strong>a. ZnNO2<\/strong> is correct.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The other options are incorrect because:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>b. ZnNO3<\/strong>: This would be the formula for zinc nitrate, not zinc nitrite.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>c. Zn2NO2<\/strong>: The formula is incorrect because it suggests two zinc ions and one nitrite ion, which would result in an unbalanced charge.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>d. Zn2NO3<\/strong>: This formula would represent a different compound, specifically zinc nitrate, with an incorrect stoichiometry.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>e. None of the above<\/strong>: This option is incorrect because <strong>a. ZnNO2<\/strong> is the correct formula.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/learnexams.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/learnexams-banner5-81.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-239884\"\/><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>What is the correct formula for zinc nitrite? a. ZnNO2 b. ZnNO3 c. Zn2NO2 d. Zn2NO3 e. None of the above The Correct Answer and Explanation is: The correct formula for zinc nitrite is a. ZnNO2. Here\u2019s an explanation: Zinc (Zn) forms a divalent ion (Zn\u00b2\u207a), meaning it typically has a +2 charge in ionic [&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-239863","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-exams-certification"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.learnexams.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/239863","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=239863"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.learnexams.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/239863\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.learnexams.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=239863"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.learnexams.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=239863"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.learnexams.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=239863"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}