Question

What name should be used for the ionic compound Ga(SO)? Gallium(III) sulfide gallium(III) sulfate gallium(III) trisulfide gallium(III) trisulfate

Answer 1

Answer: The name given to $Ga(SO_4)_3$ is Gallium (III) sulfate.

Explanation: This is an ionic compound because in aqueous solution it dissociates into its respective ions.

Naming of Ionic compounds.

1. Name the cation first and then write its oxidation number in roman numerical.
2. Then name the anion or polyatomic ions without writing any prefix of the number of atoms present in it.
3. The name of the anion should have a suffix '-ide' like for chlorine, the name will be chloride etc..
4. For polyatomic ions, the suffix used will be '-ate' like for $SO_4^{2-}$ the name will be sulfate etc..

Name of the given ionic compound is Gallium (III) Sulfate.

Answer 2

Answer:

b

Explanation: