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An is a positive or negative number assigned to an element to show its combining ability in a compound?
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What is a negative - positive?
Negative * positive = negative Positive * positive = positive Negative * negative = positive
What is the name of an ionic compound Fe positive 2 and Cl negative 1?
Iron chloride
When multiplying numbers what do you do with the positive and negative signs?
Negative * positive = negative Positive * positive = positive Negative * negative = positive
When you divided a negative number by a positive number witth the answer be positive or negative?
A negative divided by a positive is negative. A negative divided by a negative is positive. A positive divided by a positive is positive. A positive divided by a negative is negative.
What does a positive and a neagive equal?
positive and a positive is a positive negative and a negative is a positive to answer your question: positive and a negative is a negative.
A positive or negative number that is assigned to an element to show its combining ability in a compound is?
Oxidation Number
What is the overall charge of an ionic compound?
it is always equal to zero.The overall charge of a formula unit for an ionic compound is zero. The numbers of positive and negative ions are such that the sum of the positive charges and the negative charges is zero.
What is the purpose of a compound gauge?
The compound gauge is an instrument to measure pressures, positive or negative.
Does a covalent compound have balanced negative and positive charges?
Yes
Are crystals in the urine negative or positive?
Crystals in the urine are probably uric acid, although there are other possibilities such as oxalic acid. Crystals are not negative or positive, they are neutral. An ionic compound is composed of both positive and negative ions, which add up to a neutral compound.
Is calcium oxide a positive or negative ion?
Neither. It is a neutral compound.
What is the electric charge of an ion compound?
The total positive charge of an ionic compound equally balances the total negative charge; therefore, the ionic compound is electrically neutral.
When the positive part of one compound unites with the negative part of another compound the reaction is called?
An ionic bond.
What do two negatives equal two?
When combining (adding) two negatives you get a negative. When multiplying two negatives you will get a positive.
What makes up an ionic compound?
ionic compound is a blinary ionic compound is one that is made up of only 2 element , ex: NaCl, CaF2, Li2O a blinary ionic compound is made up of a metal and a nonmetal a positive cation and a negative anion
When ions having a positive charge form bonds with ions having a negative charge the charge on the resulting compound is what?
The charge is 0 if the positive and negative charges were equal
Is a positive plus a negative make a positive or a negative?
Positive + Negative = Negative Negative + Negative = Positive Positive + Positive = Positive Negative + Positive = Negative
