Valencies CATIONS (+) ANIONS (-)
Monovalent Hydrogen – H+ Silver – Ag+ Hydride : H--
(1) Potassium – K+ Lithium – Li+ Fluoride: F--
Copper(I) – Cu+ Sodium – Na+ Chloride : Cl--
Mercury (1) – Hg+ Iodide : I--
Bromide : Br--
Divalent (2) Barium – Ba+2 Oxide : O-2
Nickel – Ni+2 Sulphide: S-2
Magnesium – Mg+2
Copper (II) – Cu+2
Calcium – Ca+2
Tin – Sn+2
Zinc – Zn+2
Mercury (II) – Hg+2
Iron (II) – Fe+2
Trivalent (3) Aluminium – Al+3 Chromium – Phosphide: P-3
Cr+3 Nitride: N-3
Iron (III) – Fe+3
Tetravalent Lead (IV) – Pb+4 Tin (IV) – Sn+4 Carbide: C-4
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MONOATOMIC
POLYATOMIC
Valencies CATIONS (+) ANIONS (-)
Monovalen Ammonium – NH4+ Hydroxide: OH—
t (1) Hydronium – H3O+ Hydrogen
Carbonate: HCO3—
Nitrate: NO3—
Nitrite: NO2—
Hydrogen
Sulphate: HSO4--
Divalent (2) Carbonate: CO3-2
Sulphite: SO3-2
Sulphate: SO4-2
Trivalent (3) Phosphate: PO4-3