Questions tagged [ionic-compounds]
Compounds in which at least some of bonds have ionic character stronger than covalent or metallic. Many compounds called salts are ionic compounds but not all of them.
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Safely removing sodium hypochlorite crystals from hard-to-reach surfaces
I have a small bathing whirlpool which wasn’t used for over ten years. It is built into the ground and I cannot reach the disinfectant container to replace it with a new one. I can access the fill-...
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How can I transform Thiamine sulfate to Thiamine hydrochloride?
I have got thiamine sulfate and want to have thiamine hydro chloride. Can I obtain it by dissolving thiamine sulfate in water and adding calcium chloride water solution as long as calcium sulfate will ...
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Does solid sodium hydroxide react with carbon dioxide and air moisture?
I heard a claim in the context of soapmaking that a stray grain of sodium hydroxide will decay into soda ash, i.e. sodium carbonate, on contact with air. This reaction happens in an aqueous solution, ...
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AlCl3, Al2O3, Al(OH)3. What is more ionic?
I tried with fajans' rules.
First I got AlCl3 and Al2O3. There, because O2- has high negative charge I decided that Al2O3 is less ionic. But my teacher told us that we can get the same thing by ...
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Why is the Conductivity trend same in fused and in dissolved or aqueous state of ionic compounds?
For an example if we take $\ce{KCl}$ and $\ce{NaCl}$ then I have understood the part where in aqueous state $\ce{Na+}$ becomes bigger than $\ce{K+}$ hence the conductivity reverses but in fused state ...
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Data for Madelung Constants
Where can I find data for the Madelung constants for various ionic compounds? Specifically, I am looking at silicon tetrachloride, yttrium (III) chloride, zirconium (IV) oxynitrate hydrate, niobium (V)...
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Which atom carries charge in polyatomic ions?
I have a basic confusion regarding polyatomic ions:
Is it meaningful to say "which atom" in a polyatomic ion is charged?
Consider for instance hydroxide OH$^-$:
The oxygen has greater ...
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Displacement Reaction [closed]
In a displacement reaction I understand that the more reactive metal essentially takes the place of the less reactive metal. But I can't seem to understand how this more reactive metal can break the ...
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Calculating ionic strength at different concentrations
Zn$^{2+}$ reacts with a molecule, B, in a solution at several different concentrations of NaCl.
Determine the charge of the biomolecule and k$_0$ (second order) (assume that Zn$^{2+}$ does not ...
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Do both phosphoric acid and sulphuric acid prevent oxidation of ferrous ion in iron titration?
For the Determination of iron by Redox Titration experiment, I am finding the role of sulphuric acid and phosphoric acid. Then I found that other than $\ce{H3PO4}$ masks the yellow color of $\ce{Fe^3+}...
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What happens during a displacement reaction? [closed]
When Zn metal is added to a solution of Cu(II)SO4, Zinc displaces Cu to form ZnSO4 as Zn is more reactive than Cu. What I don't understand is how.
1- What I'm assuming is: Zn metal collides with [SO4]...
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Calculating the Hopping distance in K+ F- bonds
This is a graph showing the formation of K+ F- ionic bonds. To my understanding, when the atoms are far apart, their neutral state is more stable. But when they get closer, they form ionic bonds to ...
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Why aren't ionic crystals stronger than diamond?
If ionic bonds are stronger than covalent bonds, then why aren't ionic crystals stronger than diamond, which is bonded by covalent bonds?
Diamond has tetrahedral structure with carbons forming ...
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Balancing a chemical reaction with oxidation numbers
We have been teached how to balance chemical reactions with oxidation numbers in school, but somehow I can't understand it.
This is the equation to balance
$$\ce{Cu(s) + NO3−(aq) + H+(aq) -> Cu^2+(...
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Impurities in household baking soda
For a long time, I have been using store bought baking soda (with sodium bicarbonate as the sole ingredient listed) as the sodium bicarbonate in my (qualitative) home experiments, but recently I ...
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