Reference Table of Selected Ions and Acids for Naming Salts and Deriving Their Formulas (Arranged alphabetically by formula)
+ Ag silver ion HP34O phosphoric acid
+3 Al aluminum ion HS2 hydrogen sulfide
+2 Ba barium ion HS24O sulfuric acid Br- bromide ion I- iodide ion
Ca+2 calcium ion K+ potassium ion
Cl- chloride ion Li+ lithium ion
CN- cyanide ion Mn+2 manganese (II) (manganous) ion
Co+2 cobalt (II) Na+ sodium ion
-2 + CO3 carbonate ion NH4 ammonium ion
Cr+2 chromium (II) (chromous) Ni+2 nickel (II) ion - Cr+3 chromium (III) (chromous) ion nitrate ion NO3 - Cu+ copper (I) (cuprous) ion nitrite ion NO2
Cu+2 copper (II) (cupric) ion O-2 oxide ion
- - C23H02 acetate ion OH hydroxide ion F- fluoride ion Pb+2 lead ion
+2 -3 Fe iron (II) (ferrous) ion PO4 phosphate ion
Fe+3 iron (III) (ferric) ion S-2 sulfide ion
HBr hydrogen bromide Sn+2 tin (II) (stannous) ion
HCl hydrogen chloride Sn+4 tin (IV) (stannic) ion
-2 HCN hydrogen cyanide SO4 sulfate ion
-2 HC23O carbonic acid SO3 sulfite ion
+2 HC232HO acetic acid Zn zinc ion
- HF Hydrogen fluoride HCO3 hydrogen carbonate ion
+2 - Hg mercury (II) (mercuric) ion HP24O dihydrogen phosphate ion
+2 -2 Hg2 mercury (I) (mercurous) ion HPO4 monohydrogen phosphate ion
- HI hydrogen iodide HSO4 hydrogen sulfate ion
- HNO3 nitric acid HSO3 hydrogen sulfite ion
1 NAMES AND FORMULAS FOR SOME COMMON ACIDS AND ANIONS (BASES) DERIVED FROM THEM
HBr Hydrobromic acid Br- bromide ion (Hydrogen bromide)
HCl Hydrochloric acid Cl- chloride ion (Hydrogen chloride)
HCN Hydrocyanic acid CN - cyanide ion (Hydrogen cyanide)
- HC23O Carbonic acid HCO3 hydrogen carbonate ion -2 carbonate ion CO3 - HC23HO2 Acetic acid C23HO2 acetate ion
HF Hydrofluoric acid F - fluoride ion (Hydrogen fluoride)
HI Hydroiodic acid I - iodide ion (Hydrogen iodide) - HNO3 Nitric acid NO3 nitrate ion
- HNO2 Nitrous acid NO2 nitrite ion
- HP34O Phosphoric acid HP24O dihydrogen phosphate ion -2 monohydrogen phosphate ion HPO4 -3 phosphate ion PO4
- HS2 Hydrosulfuric acid HS hydrogen sulfide ion (Hydrogen sulfide ) -2 S sulfide ion - HS24O Sulfuric acid HSO4 hydrogen sulfate ion -2 sulfate ion SO4
- HS23O Sulfurous acid HSO3 hydrogen sulfite ion -2 sulfite ion SO3
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