{"id":253837,"date":"2025-07-12T07:35:48","date_gmt":"2025-07-12T07:35:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/learnexams.com\/blog\/?p=253837"},"modified":"2025-07-12T07:35:50","modified_gmt":"2025-07-12T07:35:50","slug":"what-is-the-chemical-formula-for-aluminum-fluoride","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.learnexams.com\/blog\/2025\/07\/12\/what-is-the-chemical-formula-for-aluminum-fluoride\/","title":{"rendered":"What is the chemical formula for aluminum fluoride"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>What is the chemical formula for aluminum fluoride? <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A) Al3F <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>B) AlF <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>C) AlF3 <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>D) AlF3<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\" class=\"has-inline-color has-ast-global-color-6-color\">The correct answer and explanation is:<\/mark><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The correct answer is <strong>C) AlF3<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Explanation:<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Aluminum fluoride (AlF3) is an ionic compound composed of aluminum and fluorine. To determine its chemical formula, one must look at the charges of the constituent ions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Aluminum<\/strong> (Al) is in Group 13 of the periodic table, meaning it typically forms a cation with a <strong>+3<\/strong> charge (Al\u00b3\u207a).<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Fluorine<\/strong> (F) is in Group 17, and it typically forms an anion with a <strong>-1<\/strong> charge (F\u207b).<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>To form a neutral compound, the charges of the cations and anions must balance. For every <strong>Al\u00b3\u207a<\/strong> ion, three <strong>F\u207b<\/strong> ions are needed to balance the charge. This is why the formula for aluminum fluoride is <strong>AlF3<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The reason other options are incorrect:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>A) Al3F<\/strong> does not have the correct ratio of charges. The aluminum ion would need three fluorine ions to balance the +3 charge, making it incorrect.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>B) AlF<\/strong> also doesn&#8217;t balance the charges. The aluminum ion has a +3 charge, and one fluorine ion would only provide a -1 charge, which wouldn&#8217;t result in a neutral compound.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>D) AlF3<\/strong> is repeated here, and as mentioned earlier, it is the correct formula.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Thus, <strong>AlF3<\/strong> is the correct chemical formula for aluminum fluoride, reflecting the need for three fluoride ions to balance one aluminum ion in a neutral compound.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>What is the chemical formula for aluminum fluoride? A) Al3F B) AlF C) AlF3 D) AlF3 The correct answer and explanation is: The correct answer is C) AlF3. Explanation: Aluminum fluoride (AlF3) is an ionic compound composed of aluminum and fluorine. 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