CHEMICAL FORMULA

AND CHEMICAL
EQUATIONS
J.T.II Olivar, MAEd
Faculty of Arts and Letters
University of Santo Tomas
 Outline of the Lecture
 Formation of Ions
 Writing the Chemical Formula of a Compound
 Naming Covalent Compounds
 Lewis Dot Symbol
 Balancing Chemical Reactions or Chemical
Equations
 Formation of Ions
 Cation (+)
 Groups IA, IIA, IIIA, IVA
 Anion (–)
 IVA, VA, VIA, VIIA
 Writing the Chemical
Formula of a Compound
 A Cation composed of one atom retains the
name of the element from which it is produced.
 An Anion composed of one atom always ends in
ide rather than the usual ending of the name of
the element from which it is produced.
 Polyatomic Ions are ions that are composed of
two or more atoms.
 Naming Covalent
Compounds
 Covalent Compounds are compounds composed
of non-metals (including H, B, Be).
 Greek prefixes
 Lewis Dot Symbol
 Gilbert Lewis
 Valence electrons
Balancing Chemical Reactions
or Chemical Equations

 Combination or Synthesis
 Element A + Element B --> Compound
 Decomposition or Analysis
 Compound --> Element A + Element B
 Single Replacement
 Element A + Compound B --> Compound C +
Element D

 Double Replacement
 Compound A + Compound B --> Compound C +
Compound D