Mastering Chemistry with Pearson eText -- Standalone Access Card -- for Fundamentals of General, Organic, and Biological Chemistry (8th Edition)
Mastering Chemistry with Pearson eText -- Standalone Access Card -- for Fundamentals of General, Organic, and Biological Chemistry (8th Edition)
8th Edition
ISBN: 9780134283180
Author: John E. McMurry, David S. Ballantine, Carl A. Hoeger, Virginia E. Peterson
Publisher: PEARSON
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Chapter 3, Problem 3.38AP
Interpretation Introduction

Interpretation: The role of octet rule and the position of element in the periodic table in determining the charge on an ion to be explained.

Concept Introduction:

Electron configuration: The distribution of electrons of an atom or molecule in atomic or molecular orbitals.

Octet Rule: The tendency of atoms prefers highly to have eight electrons in their outermost valence shell. In case of atom having fewer electron count less than eight, tend to react and form stable compound by gaining electrons. In case of atom having more than eight electrons tend to react and form stable compound by donating electrons.

Formation of ions: 

Atom possesses equal number of protons and electrons and remains electrically neutral. By gaining (accepting electrons) or losing (donating electrons) one or more electrons, converts the neutral atom into a charged particle called IONS.

Cation: The loss of one or more electrons by a neutral atom leaves the atom positively charged called cation.

Anion: The gain of one or more electrons by a neutral atom leaves the neutral atom negatively charged called anion.

The symbolic representation of ions:

The electrons are reside in the principal quantum number ‘n’; by losing and gaining electron, reduces and increases in the electron count in the electronic configuration of the atom; for a cation adding positive charge as a superscript to the symbol of the element and for the anion adding negative charge as superscript to the symbol of the element.

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Mastering Chemistry with Pearson eText -- Standalone Access Card -- for Fundamentals of General, Organic, and Biological Chemistry (8th Edition)

Ch. 3.4 - Which element in the following pairs is likely to...Ch. 3.4 - Prob. 3.12PCh. 3.5 - Prob. 3.1CIAPCh. 3.5 - Prob. 3.13PCh. 3.5 - Prob. 3.14PCh. 3.5 - Prob. 3.15PCh. 3.6 - Prob. 3.16PCh. 3.6 - Prob. 3.17PCh. 3.6 - Prob. 3.3CIAPCh. 3.6 - Prob. 3.4CIAPCh. 3.8 - Prob. 3.18PCh. 3.8 - Prob. 3.19PCh. 3.8 - Prob. 3.20PCh. 3.8 - Prob. 3.21KCPCh. 3.9 - Prob. 3.22PCh. 3.9 - Name the following compounds: (a)SnO2 (b)Ca(CN)2...Ch. 3.9 - Prob. 3.24PCh. 3.9 - Prob. 3.25KCPCh. 3.10 - Prob. 3.26PCh. 3.10 - Prob. 3.5CIAPCh. 3.11 - Prob. 3.27PCh. 3.11 - Prob. 3.28KCPCh. 3.11 - Prob. 3.7CIAPCh. 3 - Prob. 3.29UKCCh. 3 - Prob. 3.30UKCCh. 3 - Write the symbols for the ions represented in the...Ch. 3 - Prob. 3.32UKCCh. 3 - Prob. 3.33UKCCh. 3 - Prob. 3.34UKCCh. 3 - Prob. 3.35UKCCh. 3 - Prob. 3.36UKCCh. 3 - Prob. 3.37APCh. 3 - Prob. 3.38APCh. 3 - Prob. 3.39APCh. 3 - Prob. 3.40APCh. 3 - Prob. 3.41APCh. 3 - Identify the element X in the following ions and...Ch. 3 - Prob. 3.43APCh. 3 - Prob. 3.44APCh. 3 - Based on the following atomic numbers and...Ch. 3 - Prob. 3.46APCh. 3 - Prob. 3.47APCh. 3 - Prob. 3.48APCh. 3 - Prob. 3.49APCh. 3 - Prob. 3.50APCh. 3 - Prob. 3.51APCh. 3 - Prob. 3.52APCh. 3 - Prob. 3.53APCh. 3 - Prob. 3.54APCh. 3 - Prob. 3.55APCh. 3 - Prob. 3.56APCh. 3 - (a)Write equations for the loss of an electron by...Ch. 3 - Prob. 3.58APCh. 3 - Prob. 3.59APCh. 3 - Prob. 3.60APCh. 3 - Prob. 3.61APCh. 3 - Prob. 3.62APCh. 3 - Prob. 3.63APCh. 3 - Prob. 3.64APCh. 3 - Prob. 3.65APCh. 3 - Prob. 3.66APCh. 3 - Prob. 3.67APCh. 3 - Prob. 3.68APCh. 3 - Prob. 3.69APCh. 3 - Prob. 3.70APCh. 3 - Prob. 3.71APCh. 3 - Prob. 3.72APCh. 3 - Prob. 3.73APCh. 3 - Prob. 3.74APCh. 3 - Prob. 3.75APCh. 3 - Prob. 3.76APCh. 3 - Give the formula and the name of the anions for...Ch. 3 - Explain why the hydride ion, H, has a noble gas...Ch. 3 - The H ion (Problem 3.78) is stable but the Li ion...Ch. 3 - Prob. 3.80CPCh. 3 - Prob. 3.81CPCh. 3 - The names given for the following compounds are...Ch. 3 - The formulas given for the following compounds are...Ch. 3 - Prob. 3.84CPCh. 3 - Element X reacts with element Y to give a product...Ch. 3 - Prob. 3.86CPCh. 3 - The term alum" refers to a group of ionic...Ch. 3 - Prob. 3.88GPCh. 3 - Prob. 3.89GPCh. 3 - Prob. 3.90GP
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