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)
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ISBN: 9780134283180
Author: John E. McMurry, David S. Ballantine, Carl A. Hoeger, Virginia E. Peterson
Publisher: PEARSON
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Chapter 3, Problem 3.54AP
Interpretation Introduction

Interpretation: The electron configuration of given ions to be predicted.

Concept Introduction:

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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