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Sodium carbonate (also known as washing soda, soda ash and soda crystals) is the inorganic compound with the formula Na 2 CO 3 and its various hydrates.All forms are white, odourless, water-soluble salts that yield alkaline solutions in water.
A simple example of a polyatomic ion is the hydroxide ion, which consists of one oxygen atom and one hydrogen atom, jointly carrying a net charge of −1; its chemical formula is O H −. In contrast, an ammonium ion consists of one nitrogen atom and four hydrogen atoms, with a charge of +1; its chemical formula is N H + 4 .
A carbonate is a salt of carbonic acid, (H 2 CO 3), [2] characterized by the presence of the carbonate ion, a polyatomic ion with the formula CO 2− 3. The word "carbonate" may also refer to a carbonate ester , an organic compound containing the carbonate group O=C(−O−) 2 .
2 As 3+ + 3 Sn 2+ → 2 As 0 + 3 Sn 4+ Here three tin atoms are oxidized from oxidation state +2 to +4, yielding six electrons that reduce two arsenic atoms from oxidation state +3 to 0. The simple one-line balancing goes as follows: the two redox couples are written down as they react;
Contributing structures of the carbonate ion. In chemistry, resonance, also called mesomerism, is a way of describing bonding in certain molecules or polyatomic ions by the combination of several contributing structures (or forms, [1] also variously known as resonance structures or canonical structures) into a resonance hybrid (or hybrid structure) in valence bond theory.
An atom (or ion) whose oxidation number increases in a redox reaction is said to be oxidized (and is called a reducing agent). It is accomplished by loss of one or more electrons. The atom whose oxidation number decreases gains (receives) one or more electrons and is said to be reduced. This relation can be remembered by the following mnemonics.
Dioxygenyl ion, O + 2; Hydronium ion, H 3 O + Nitrosonium ion, NO + Nitronium ion, NO + 2; Vanadyl ion, VO 2+, a very stable oxycation; Chromyl ion, CrO 2+ 2; Uranyl ion, UO 2+ 2, all natural U 6+ occurs in this form; Zirconyl ion, as a tetramer of [Zr(OH) 2] 2+ Chloryl ion, ClO + 2; See category for a bigger list.
Tetrahedral SiO 4 units are found in olivine minerals, (Mg,Fe) 2 SiO 4, but the anion does not have a separate existence as the oxygen atoms are surrounded tetrahedrally by cations in the solid state. Phosphate (PO 3− 4), sulfate (SO 2− 4), and perchlorate (ClO − 4) ions can be found as such in various salts.