Common Cations:

Name Aluminum Ammonium Barium Calcium Chromium(II) Chromium(III) Copper(I) Copper(II) Iron(II) Iron(III) Hydrogen Hydronium Lead(II) Lithium Magnesium Manganese(II) Manganese(III) Mercury(I) Mercury(II) Nitronium Potassium Silver Sodium Strontium Tin(II) Tin(IV) Zinc Formula Al+3 NH4+ Ba+2 Ca+2 Cr+2 Cr+3 Cu+ Cu+2 Fe+2 Fe+3 H+ H3O+ Pb+2 Li+ Mg+2 Mn+2 Mn+3 Hg2+2 Hg+2 NO2+ K+ Ag+ Na+ Sr+2 Sn+2 Sn+4 Zn+2 Other name(s)

Chromous Chromic Cuprous Cupric Ferrous Ferric

Manganous Manganic Mercurous Mercuric

Stannous Stannic

Common Anions: Simple ions:

Hydride Fluoride Chloride Bromide Iodide HFClBrIAsO43AsO33Oxide Sulfide Nitride O2S2N3-

Oxoanions:
Arsenate Arsenite Phosphate Hydrogen phosphate PO43HPO42-

Dihydrogen phosphate Sulfate Hydrogen sulfate Thiosulfate Sulfite Perchlorate Chlorate Chlorite Hypochlorite Carbonate Hydrogen carbonate or Bicarbonate SO42HSO4S2O32SO32ClO4ClO3ClO2OClCO32HCO3Nitrate Nitrite

H2PO4NO3NO2-

Iodate Bromate Hypobromite Chromate Dichromate

IO3BrO3OBrCrO42Cr2O72-

Anions from Organic Acids:

Acetate CH3COOformate HCOO-

Others:
Cyanide Cyanate Thiocyanate Hydroxide CNOCNSCNOHAmide Peroxide Oxalate Permanganate NH2O22C2O42MnO4-