Pre-Honors Chemistry :: Chemical bonding :: Polyatomic ions
Sentence can be used to remember few polyatomic ions :
" Nick the Camel ate a Clam Supper in Pheonix with an Ale " Nick :: N with 3 consonants and 1 vowel therefore NO3-1 Camel :: C with 3 consonants and 2 vowels, therefore CO3-2 Clam :: Cl with 3 consonants and 1 vowel, therefore ClO3-1 Supper :: S with 4 consonants and 2 vowels, therefore SO4-2 Pheonix :: P with 4 consonants and 3 vowels, therefore PO4-3 Ale :: Al with 2 consonants and 1 vowel, therefore AlO2-1 |
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The following are other ions that can be memorized as well:
BrO3-1 brag, brat IO3-1 imps MnO4-1 manly, mangy CrO4-2 crooks, crouch, creeps, cringe, crisis, critic MoO4-2 mounts, mottos, moulds, mourns, models, molten SeO4-2 sexism, search, sermon SiO3-2 sidle, silky, silo WO4-2 waylay, within, winnow TeO4-2 teller, temper, tenant, tender BO3-3 beauty, become, behave AsO4-3 ascribe, assault |
Use ones you find useful :
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