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Chemistry Practice Problems: Formulas for Ionic Compounds

[View the accompanying Lesson on Formulas for Ionic Compounds here.]

There is a mistake on #2.  Selenate ion is SeO42-, so aluminum selenate should be Al2(SeO4)3.

[Download the accompanying PDF worksheet here.]

Write formulas for the following ionic compounds:

  1. barium sulfide
  2. aluminum selenate
  3. manganese(V) oxide
  4. beryllium hypoarsenite
  5. gallium phosphide
  6. iron(II) phosphite
  7. platinum(II) cyanide
  8. mercury(II) hydrogen carbonate
  9. lithium perbromate

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