2. What is the purpose of subscripts? 3. What is the difference between monatomic and polyatomic ions?
4. How do the names of monatomic anions end?
5. When are Roman numerals used in cation names ?

2. Chemical formulas are used to describe the types of atoms and their numbers in an element or compound. The atoms of each element are represented by one or two different letters. When more than one atom of a specific element is found in a molecule, a subscript is used to indicate this in the chemical formula.

3. The main difference between monatomic and polyatomic ions is that monatomic ions are composed of single atoms whereas polyatomic ions are composed of two or more atoms per ion.

4. These are nonmetal elements which have accepted extra electrons. These ions are relatively few in number and are listed below. Monatomic anions are named by taking the root of the element name and applying an -ide ending. Other important simple anions.

5. This is indicated by assigning a Roman numeral after the metal. The Roman numeral denotes the charge and the oxidation state of the transition metal ion. For example, iron can form two common ions, Fe2+ and Fe3+. To distinguish the difference, Fe2+ would be named iron (II) and Fe3+ would be named iron (III).

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2fe + 3h2so4 -> fe2(so4)3 + 3h2

it is necessary to balance equations in order to get the proper amount of reactants as well as products in order not to make a miscalculation.

you cannot change the subscripts as that would change the substance itself. for instance, diatomic elements such as h2 only have the subscript two when a gas. another example would be so4, if you were to change the subscript, the element would no longer be sulfate.

we change the coefficients instead as that only changes the number of molecules rather than the substance itself.

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