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→Balancing Equations with Ions
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| style="height:20px; width:200px; text-align:center;" |[[Group 1]] with [[Group 5]]
| style="height:20px; width:200px; text-align:center;" |Text[[Group 3]] with [[Group 6]]| style="height:20px; width:200px; text-align:center;" |Text[[Sulphate]]s and [[Carbonate]]s with [[Group 2]]
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| style="height:20px; width:200px; text-align:center;" |Since [[Group 1]] forms +1 [[ion]]s and [[Group 5]] forms -3 [[ion]]s there will be 3 [[Group 1]] [[ion]]s for each [[Group 5]] [[ion]].
| style="height:20px; width:200px; text-align:center;" |Since [[Group 3]] forms +3 [[ion]]s and [[Group 6]] forms -2 [[ion]]s there will be 2 [[Group 3]] [[ion]]s for every 3 [[Group 6]] [[ion]]s.
| style="height:20px; width:200px; text-align:center;" |[[Sulphate]] [[ion]]s and [[Carbonate]] [[ion]]s both have a [[charge]] of -2 while [[Group 2]] [[ion]]s have a [[charge]] of +2 so there will be 1 [[Sulphate]] or [[Carbonate]] for every 1 [[Group 2]] [[ion]].
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Examples
Li<sub>3</sub>N
Na<sub>3</sub>P
| style="height:20px; width:200px; text-align:center;" |Since [[Group 3]] forms +3 [[ion]]s and [[Group 6]] forms -2 [[ion]]s there will be 2 [[Group 3]] [[ion]]s for every 3 [[Group 6]] [[ion]]s.Examples
B<sub>2</sub>S<sub>3</sub>
Al<sub>2</sub>O<sub>3</sub>
| style="height:20px; width:200px; text-align:center;" |[[Sulphate]] [[ion]]s and [[Carbonate]] [[ion]]s both have a [[charge]] of -2 while [[Group 2]] [[ion]]s have a [[charge]] of +2 so there will be 1 [[Sulphate]] or [[Carbonate]] for every 1 [[Group 2]] [[ion]].Examples
MgSO<sub>4</sub>