Honors Unit 4 Ionic Bonding, Formulas, and Nomenclature
Ladies and gentlemen, please work on learning your polyatomic ions, their charges, and their names. The polyatomics for which you are responsible are found on page 109 in your textbook. Please omit peroxide. Also, add phosphite, oxalate, and silicate to your list. You may either look them up now or wait for me to give them to you in class.
If I were you, I'd make a set of flash cards to assist me in learning these. Place the ion formula and its charge on one side and the name of the ion on the other side. Have a parent or a sibling or a chemistry buddy help drill you on them. We will have a quiz on the polyatomic ions on Tuesday, September 23.
This unit involves part of chapter 4 along with part of chapter 12. Homework follows at the link (continue reading...)
In Chapter 4, read pp. 93-103, pp. 109-112, and p. 115.
In Chapter 12, read pp. 400-401 and pp. 407-412.
You may ask yourself "Why is she splitting chapters?" It has been my experience that students respond well when ionic and covalent bonding units are separated; hence. I have cited the specific pages for ionic bonding here. In the next unit, we'll pull the other sections for covalent bonding.
Learning chemistry requires a lot of work on your part, beyond just attending class and paying attention. You must invest in the course if you expect to receive the grade you seek. Please be reading outside class and solving the suggested problems. There is a correlation between working hard on your part and succeeding in class.
The test over ionic bonding, nomenclature, and formula writing will be on Friday, September 26.
p. 97 4.1 Practice
p. 102 4.3 Practice
p. 105 b, c, d, e
p. 111 4.7 Practice
p. 112 4.8 Practice a, b, c, e, f, g
p. 115 4.9 Practice a, b, d, e
p. 116 1, 2, 3, 6
pp. 118-121 6, 7, 8, 19, 21, 25, 27, 29 (a, d, e, f, g, h, k, l), 31, 36 (no Hg), and 37
p. 412 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7
pp. 435-7 2, 3, 18, 20, 23, 24, 26, 27, 28, 29