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gains a bromine atom ______ an electron to become Br-

the no. of protons or electrons of these are not the

ions
same

2 a sulfur atom gains ______ electrons to become S2-

atoms or molecule that has gained or lost one or

ions more of its valence electrons, giving it a net positive
or negative charge

phosphorus, oxygen ______ and ______ form the molecular anion PO43-

ions are highly reactive species

Because they carry ______ electrical charges, ______ and

opposite, cations, anions
______ are attracted to each other

3+ an iron atom loses three electrons to become Fe___

Ions andanions
Compounds ions that carry a net negative charge

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anions there are more electrons than protons

The number of ______ is not a factor in whether an

neutrons
atom, functional group, or molecule is an anion

Like ______ , the charge on an anion is indicated using

cations
a superscript after a chemical formula

Cl- is the symbol for the ______ ______, which carries a

chlorine anion, single negative
______ ______ charge (-1)

If a number is used in the superscript, it precedes

minus sign
the ______ ______

______ have more electrons than ______ and so have a

anions, cations, negative
net ______ charge

Anions are generally larger than the ______ ______ or

parent molecule, electron
atom, because the excess electrons repel each
cloud
other and add to the physical size of the ______ ______

ions that carry a net positive charge because the

cations, greater number of protons in the species is ______ than the
number of electrons

formula is indicated by a superscript following the

cations formula that indicates the number of the charge and
a "+" sign

plus A number, if present, precedes the ______ sign

2 Ca2+ indicates a cation with a +___ charge

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generally smaller than their parent atom or

cations molecule due to the smaller size of their electron
clouds

sulfate ions (SO42-) consist of ______ sulfur atom and

1, 4, -2 ______ oxygen atoms, and have an overall charge of
______

loses a sodium atom ______ an electron to become Na+

names of these cannot be predicted from their

polyatomic ions
formulas

a magnesium atom loses ___ electrons to become

2
Mg2+

generally found in a gaseous state and do not occur

ions
in abundance on Earth

to form the name of an ionic compound, simply join

positive, negative
the names of the ______ and ______ ions together

______ in the liquid or solid state are produced when

ions
salts interact with their solvents

positive ion forms the ______ partof the name and the
first, second
negative ion forms the ______ part of the name

cations, anions Cations repel other ______ ; anions repel other ______

ionic compounds named after the ions that form them

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The first part of the compound name is the name of

positive
the ______ ion

Because of the attractions and repulsion between

cations and anions
ions, they are reactive chemical species

repelled by like electric charges and are attracted

ions
to opposite charges

The second part of the compound name is the

negative
name of the ______ ion

identified by the use of a superscript to show the

ions
sign and size of their electric charge

potassium ions (K+) and bromide ions (Br-) combine

potassium bromide, KBr
to form the ionic compound ______ ______ (_____)

Cations and anions readily form compounds with

salts
each other, particularly ______

Because ions are electrically charged, they are

magnetic fields
affected by _____ ______

monatomic ions ions that contain one type of atom

have the same name as the metal atoms they are

monatomic positive ions
formed from

have the same name as the non-metal atoms they

monatomic negative ions are formed from, except the last part of their name
is changed to "-ide"

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polyatomic ions ions that contain more than one type of atom

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