Questions tagged [ions]
For questions about ions - atomic or molecular particles having a net electric charge. Do NOT use this tag just because your question involves ions but is not about the ions themselves (as in electrochemistry, etc.).
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Relative concentrations of ions in pure water with a pH of 7
Not a chemist here as the last Chemistry class I took was millennia ago, so please be patient with me. The Chem taught today is so different (and much harder) than I remember.
So, regarding pure water,...
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Are there ionic compounds that dissolve in water but do not dissasociate into their ions?
I would assume such a molecule would be possible because polar ionic compounds have a partial charge that can help them dissolve in water yet not disassociate into their ion parts, but I am not sure.
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Concentration of spectator ions halves?
I have a question below that I'm not too sure about.
A precipitation reaction is caused by mixing 100mL of 0.25M $\ce{Na2Cr2O7}$ with 100 mL of 0.25M $\ce{Pb(NO3)2}$. The precipitate is filtered from ...
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Resolve inconsistency regarding percentage of ionized water molecules in the auto-ionization of water
I am relearning some chemistry in order to understand pH for a particular application. My last encounter with the subject was in high school several decades ago. I have the following question:
I read (...
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My textbook writes hydronium ion as [H(H2O)]+, is this correct? [closed]
[...] Thus, it bonds to the oxygen atom of a solvent water
molecule to give trigonal pyramidal hydronium ion, $\ce{H3O^+}$ $\ce{\{[H (H2O)]^+\}}$ (see box).
In this chapter we shall use $\ce{H^+(aq)}$ ...
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What is the hydrated diameter of a lithium ion？
When salts dissolve in water, the anions, cations, and strongly polar water molecules undergo hydration reactions, resulting in the formation of hydrated ions with a specific number of coordinated ...
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Soluble Ion separation [closed]
Is it possible to separate ions dissolved in solution? I know that the charges have to be balanced, so thinking that maybe it is possible to artificially give that charge? Take for example, sodium ...
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Mg2+ ion formation [duplicate]
Why does Mg not form a Mg+1 ion, even though its second ionization energy is much higher than the first ionization energy?
(I know that an ion should resemble the noble gas closest to the element from ...
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Does Cu+ have a greater ionic radius than Sr2+?
Although Strontium is in group 2, reducing the number of electrons as it becomes ionized makes it group 18, period 4 in terms of electrons. Therefore, ionized Strontium (Sr2+) is in the same period as ...
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Cesium Chloride Density Gradient Centrifugation and Isotopes
In Cesium Chloride Density Gradient Centrifugation, as used by Meselson and Stahl, Cesium ions can be seen as strongly affected by centrifugation, so much so that they can overcome their ionic bonds ...
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Aminium/Ammonium?
Chemdraw names this as 2-carboxyethan-1-aminium. Shouldn't it be ammonium? What's an aminium ion?
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Why do samples of ionic compounds break into pieces, but the pieces do not combine into larger samples again?
A distinct property of ionic compounds is that they are brittle. We are taught this is due to the fact that when force is applied to the lattice, ions are shifted, resulting in positive ions repelling ...
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Why does the oxygen in NaOH (sodium hydroxide) acquire an electron from the sodium if it's going to become unstable and give away the electron? [closed]
Mind you that the oxygen is already stable, having an even number of electrons and protons? Is the oxygen really neutral when it has an even number of electrons and protons?
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Which part of a soap molecule is the hydrophilic part? [closed]
Is the hydrophilic part of the soap both the cation ($\ce{Na+/K+}$), just the $\ce{COO-}$, or both of those sections together like the picture shown below? Do the cation and the anion dissociate from ...
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Can acids contain OH-? [closed]
Given that a solution contains $\ce{OH-}$ ions can we sufficiently determine the substance is a base? From my understanding, an acid may still contain $\ce{OH-}$ ions. However, the concentration of $\...
