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COMMON POLYATOMIC IONS (RADICALS)

OXYANIONS (polyatomic ions containing oxygen and one other element)


PLEASE NOTE: not all of these ions are stable, but they can still be named

‘hypo__ite’ ‘ite’ STANDARD FORMULA ‘per ___ ate’


‘ate’
BO-3 BO2-3 BO3-3 BO4-3
hypoborite borite borate perborate
BrO2- BrO3-
bromite bromate
CO2- CO22- CO32- CO42-
hypocarbonite carbonite carbonate percarbonate
ClO3-
chlorate
CrO42-
chromate
IO3-
iodate
MnO3-
manganate
NO3-
nitrate
PO43-
phosphate
SiO44-
silicate
SO42-
sulphate

OTHER POLYATOMIC IONS


FORMULA NAME
ANIONS
C2H3O2 / CH3COO- / C2H3OO-
-
acetate
CN - cyanide
Cr2O72- dichromate
OH - hydroxide
C2O42- oxalate
O22- peroxide

SCN - thiocyanate
S2O32- thiosulphate
CATIONS
+
H3O hydronium
NH4+ ammonium

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