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Ionic compound

Alternate titles: electrovalent compound; saline compound; saltlike compound
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The topic ionic compound is discussed in the following articles:
  • amides

    TITLE: amide
    Ionic, or saltlike, amides are strongly alkaline compounds ordinarily made by treating ammonia, an amine, or a covalent amide with a reactive metal such as sodium.
  • bonding

    TITLE: ionic bond
    Ionic bonding results in compounds known as ionic, or electrovalent, compounds, which are best exemplified by the compounds formed between nonmetals and the alkali and alkaline-earth metals. In ionic crystalline solids of this kind, the electrostatic forces of attraction between opposite charges and repulsion between similar charges orient the ions in such a manner that every positive ion...
    TITLE: chemical bonding
    SECTION: Ionic and covalent compounds
    TITLE: crystal
    SECTION: Ionic bonds
  • chemical compound classification

    TITLE: chemical compound
    TITLE: chemical compound
    SECTION: Classification of compounds
  • hydrides

    TITLE: hydride
    SECTION: Saline (ionic) hydrides
    Saline, or ionic, hydrides are defined by the presence of hydrogen as a negatively charged ion, H . The saline hydrides are generally considered those of the alkali metals and the alkaline-earth metals (with the possible exception of beryllium hydride, BeH 2, and magnesium hydride, MgH 2). These metals enter into a direct reaction with hydrogen at elevated...
  • hydrolysis

    TITLE: hydrolysis
    Hydrolysis involving ionic compounds may be illustrated by the chemical changes occurring in an aqueous solution of the salt sodium acetate. In solution, the ionic constituents of the salt (the acetate ion and the sodium ion) separate; water molecules combine with the acetate ions to form acetic acid and hydroxide ions. Acetic acid dissociates reversibly into acetate ions and hydrogen ions, but...
  • nitrides

    TITLE: nitride
    SECTION: Ionic nitrides
    Lithium (Li) appears to be the only alkali metal able to form a nitride, although all the alkaline-earth metals form nitrides with the formula M 3N 2. These compounds, which can be considered to consist of metal cations and N 3− anions, undergo hydrolysis (reaction with water) to produce ammonia and the metal hydroxide. The stability of ionic nitrides...
  • nomenclature for binary compounds

    TITLE: chemical compound
    SECTION: Binary ionic compounds
    The nomenclature for binary ionic compounds simply entails naming the ions according to the following rules: The positive ion (called a cation) is named first and the negative ion (anion) second.A simple cation (obtained from a single atom) takes its name from its parent element. For example, Li + is called lithium in the names of compounds containing this ion. Similarly,...
  • structure and properties

    TITLE: chemical bonding
    SECTION: Lewis formulation of an ionic bond
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