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1. Intro to General Chemistry3h 48m
2. Atoms & Elements4h 16m
3. Chemical Reactions4h 10m
4. BONUS: Lab Techniques and Procedures1h 38m
5. BONUS: Mathematical Operations and Functions48m
6. Chemical Quantities & Aqueous Reactions3h 53m
7. Gases3h 49m
8. Thermochemistry2h 37m
9. Quantum Mechanics2h 58m
10. Periodic Properties of the Elements3h 9m
11. Bonding & Molecular Structure3h 29m
12. Molecular Shapes & Valence Bond Theory1h 57m
13. Liquids, Solids & Intermolecular Forces2h 23m
14. Solutions3h 1m
15. Chemical Kinetics2h 53m
16. Chemical Equilibrium2h 29m
17. Acid and Base Equilibrium5h 1m
18. Aqueous Equilibrium4h 47m
19. Chemical Thermodynamics1h 50m
20. Electrochemistry2h 42m
21. Nuclear Chemistry2h 36m
22. Organic Chemistry5h 7m
23. Chemistry of the Nonmetals2h 39m
24. Transition Metals and Coordination Compounds3h 16m

3. Chemical Reactions

Naming Ionic Compounds

General Chemistry

3. Chemical Reactions

Naming Ionic Compounds

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Multiple Choice

Which type of compound is CuSO_4?

Ionic compound

Covalent compound

Molecular compound

Organic compound

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Identify the elements and groups present in the compound CuSO_4. Here, Cu is copper, a metal, and SO_4 is the sulfate ion, a polyatomic ion composed of nonmetals.

Recall that ionic compounds are generally formed between metals and nonmetals or polyatomic ions. Covalent (molecular) compounds are usually formed between nonmetals only.

Since Cu is a metal and SO_4 is a polyatomic ion (nonmetal group), the bond between Cu and SO_4 is ionic in nature.

Understand that organic compounds primarily contain carbon and hydrogen atoms, often with other elements, but CuSO_4 does not contain carbon, so it is not organic.

Conclude that CuSO_4 is an ionic compound because it consists of a metal cation (Cu^{2+}) and a polyatomic anion (SO_4^{2-}), held together by ionic bonds.