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Ions and Ionic Compounds

Chemistry and Pigments


Prussian blue is documented as early as 1709 in the painting Entombment of Christ by Pieter van der Werff. It is also used extensively in the painting The Great Wave off Kanagawa (c.1830).

CATIONS NH4+ ammonium OH

ANIONS hydroxide

H3O+

hydronium

CN

cyanide
sulfate phosphate

Group 1 ( Li+, K+, Na+, ) SO42 Group 2 ( Mg2+, Ca2+, ) PO43

NO3

nitrate

Quiz Yourself!
How do ions form? (give or take) How do molecules form? ( share) Why do ions and molecules form and exist naturally? Why do atomic elements rarely exist in nature? Which elements will form anions or cations and what will their charges be?

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