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The puipose of this activity is to combine uiffeient ions anu obseive whethei
they come togethei to foim a piecipitate. You can then name the new compounu
foimeu anu wiite the foimula foi this compounu.

Pioceuuie:
1. Take the laminateu chait (as shown below) anu combine two uiops of
cation solution with two uiops of anion solution in the appiopiiate giiu
squaie.
2. 0bseive the ieaction (if any) anu iecoiu youi obseivation on the uata
table below.
S. Repeat the steps until you have combineu all twelve possible ieactions.

0bseivations:
a) 0se as Y oi N to inuicate if a piecipitate (clouuiness) foimeu.
b) Fill in youi obseivations of all piecipitates foimeu (coloi anu level of
clouuiness eg. Slightly clouuy, oi veiy clouuy)

Ions Cl
-
C0S
2-
0B
-


Ag
+

1. y


2. y S. y

Co
2+

4. n


S. y 6. y

Fe
S+

7. n


8. n 9. n

Cu
2+

1u. n


11. y 12. y

Names anu foimulas of all compounus foimeu
1. Silvei Chloiiue-----------------AgCl
2. silvei Caibonate----------------Ag2C0S
S. Silvei Byuioxiue---------------Ag0B
4. Cobalt (II) Chloiiue-----------CoCl2
S. Cobalt (II) Caibonate---------CoC0S
6. Cobalt (II) hyuioxiue---------Co0B2
7. Iion (III) Chloiiue-------------FeClS
8. Iion (III) Caibonate-----------FeS(C0S)2
9. Iion (III) Byuioxiue-----------Fe(0B)S
1u. Coppei (II) Chloiiue---------CuCl2
11. Coppei (II) Caibonate-------CuC0S
12. Coppei (II) Byuioxiue-------Cu(0B)2

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Questions:
1. What is happening at the moleculai level foi a piecipitate to foim.
(google this)
The cations anu anions of the solutions combine to foim anu
insoluble ionic soliu.
2. Suggest a logical ieason why the ions in one compounu woulu sepaiate
fiom each othei (eg. Bissolve in watei), while they woulun't be uissolveu
in anothei compounu (as they come togethei in foiming a piecipitate.)
eg. What foices coulu be at play heie.
The ieason is because some solutions neeu the extia elections
wheieas some uon't, anu the solutions auueu pioviue the iequiieu
elections oi the iight elements to cieate two balanceu compounus.
S. In making foimulas of compounus, why woulu you use paientheses
sometimes.
So that you know theie is moie than one of that compounu, not
just the single element.

4. At what time uo you use ioman numeials. Is this useu in naming, oi
making foimulas of compounus.
You only use ioman numeials if the element has a vaiiant chaige.
These aie the elements not fiom column 1 anu 2 oi Al, Zn, oi Ag.
S. A) What letteis uo we use aftei a foimula to inuicate the state of the
compounu.
AQ foi Aquaiius
u foi gas
S foi soliu
L foi liquiu
b) When a compounu uissolves in watei, how uo inuicate this with the
foimula of the compounu.
AQ
c) At the moleculai level, uesciibe the ionic compounu when it is
uissolveu in watei.
It is now spieau thiough the watei anu is now a mixtuie.
Biief ieflection statement of what you leaineu in this activity.