Calcium phosphide is a salt like material that is composed of calcium and phosphorus in the ratio of 2:5. It has the appearance of red brown Crystalline salt.
First, this compound is a mixture of the following elements:
Ca: Calcium
P: Phosphor
Now, both of these elements are united as a binary compound, the metal and a non metal. When we have a binary compound with a metal and non metal, (When the non metal is not hydrogen or oxygen) this usually becomes a salt. A bynary salt. So a binary salt, we should name like this
In this, we should name first the metal and then the non metal with the sufije ous. In this case:
Explanation:Given 4.42 grams of Fe. The atomic weight of Fe(iron) found on the periodic table is 55.845. Divide grams by the atomic weight to convert to moles.
