Enter the formula for the compound cobalt(II) phosphate. Express your answer as a chemical formula.
1 answer:
Answer:
Explanation:
Naming of the ionic compounds:-
- The name of the cation is written first and the the name of the anion is written after the name of the cation separated by single space.
- The negative ion is written next and a suffix is added at the end of the negative ion. The suffix written is '-ide'.
- In case of transition metals, the oxidation state are written in roman numerals in bracket in front of positive ions.
Hence, given ionic compound:-
Cobalt(II) phosphate
So, Cobalt will have a positive charge of +2
Phosphate is
So, the formula is :-
Co
2 3
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- Parenthesis
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