COMPOUNDS

5.8 - Chemical Formulas for Ionic compounds

Write the chemical formula involving calcium and nitrogen

From step 2, we need three calcium ions and two nitrogen ions.

We need to use subscripts to show the number of Ca⁺² ions and N^-3 ions in the formula.

 

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