{"id":2916,"date":"2022-04-29T18:31:06","date_gmt":"2022-04-29T18:31:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mdr.foobrdigital.com\/?p=2916"},"modified":"2022-04-29T18:31:06","modified_gmt":"2022-04-29T18:31:06","slug":"how-to-write-chemical-formula","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mudassirbackup.infinitycodestudio.com\/index.php\/2022\/04\/29\/how-to-write-chemical-formula\/","title":{"rendered":"How to write Chemical Formula"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>In order to write a chemical formula, it is important to know the symbol of the elements present in the compound, formula of the radicals and the valency of the elements in that compound. Following points should be kept in mind while writing a chemical formula.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul><li>Most of the compounds are binary compounds, i.e. they have two elements. Compounds with more than two elements are also known<\/li><li>An atom with a positive charge is called a cation whereas an atom with a negative charge is called an anion<\/li><li>For a compound containing a metal and a non-metal, the metal is named first followed by the non-metal. For example: NaCl which consists of Na<sup>+<\/sup>&nbsp;(metal ion) and Cl<sup>\u2013<\/sup>&nbsp;(non-metal ion)<\/li><li>Anions having -1 negative charge usually have a suffix as \u2013ide. For example: F<sup>\u2013<\/sup>&nbsp;\u2013 Floride<\/li><li>Anions having oxyanions (oxygen + another element) usually have a suffix as \u2013ate. For example \u2013 SO<sub>4<\/sub><sup>2-<\/sup>&nbsp;(Sulphate)<\/li><li>When a polyatomic anion has H<sup>\u2013<\/sup>&nbsp;ion, bi- or hydrogen is used as a suffix. For example \u2013 HCO<sub>3<\/sub><sup>\u2013<\/sup>-Bicarbonate or hydrogen carbonate<\/li><li>Some polyatomic anions can be named as:<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table is-style-stripes\"><table><tbody><tr><td><strong>Chemical Formula<\/strong><\/td><td><strong>Polyatomic Anion<\/strong><\/td><\/tr><tr><td>NH<sub>2<\/sub><sup>\u2013<\/sup><\/td><td>Amide<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>PO<sub>4<\/sub><sup>3-<\/sup><\/td><td>Phosphate<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>CN<sup>\u2013<\/sup><\/td><td>Cyanide<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In order to write a chemical formula, it is important to know the symbol of the elements present in the compound, formula of the radicals and the valency of the elements in that compound. Following points should be kept in mind while writing a chemical formula. Most of the compounds are binary compounds, i.e. they [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[518],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mudassirbackup.infinitycodestudio.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2916"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mudassirbackup.infinitycodestudio.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mudassirbackup.infinitycodestudio.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mudassirbackup.infinitycodestudio.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mudassirbackup.infinitycodestudio.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2916"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/mudassirbackup.infinitycodestudio.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2916\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mudassirbackup.infinitycodestudio.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2916"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mudassirbackup.infinitycodestudio.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2916"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mudassirbackup.infinitycodestudio.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2916"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}