Table of Some Common Ions and Acids

+1 +5 -2
Ammonium NH4 Antimony (V) Sb Carbonate CO3
Copper (I )or Cuprous Cu Arsenic (V) As Chromate CrO4
Bismuth (V) Bi
Cyanamide CN2
Hydrogen H
Lithium Li Dichromate Cr 2O7
Potassium K -1 Hydrogen Phosphate HPO4
*Mercury (I) or Acetate C 2H3O2 Oxalate C 2O4
Mercurous Hg2 Bromate BrO3 Oxide O
Sodium Na Bromide Br Peroxide O2
Chlorate ClO 3 Stannate SnO3
*Mercury (I) ions occur as
Chlorite ClO 2 Stannite SnO2
groups of two (2) so; its
symbol is Hg2 and its Chloride Cl Sulfate SO4
Cyanide CN
total charge is +2 Sulfite SO3
Fluoride F
Hydride H Sulfide S
Hydrogen Carbonate or Tartrate C 4H4O6
+2 Bicarbonate HCO3
Barium Ba
Hydrogen Sulfate or
Beryllium Be
Bisulfate HSO4
Cadmium Cd -3
Calcium Ca Hydrogen Sulfite or Borate BO3
Cobalt (II) Co Bisulfite HSO3
Hexacyanoferrate (III) or
Chromium (II) Cr Hydroxide OH Ferricyanide Fe(CN)6
Copper (II) or Cupric Cu Hypochlorite ClO
Phosphate PO4
Iron (II) or Ferrous Fe Hydrogen Sulfide HS
Lead (II) or Plumbous Pb Iodate IO3 Phosphite PO3
Magnesium Mg Iodide I Phosphide P
Manganese Mn Nitrate NO3 Nitride N
Mercury (II) or Mercuric Hg
Nitrite NO2
Nickel (II) Ni
Strontium Sr Perchlorate ClO 4
Tin (II) or Stannous Sn Permanganate MnO4 -4
Zinc Zn Thiocynate SCN Hexacyanoferrate (II) or
Ferrocyanide Fe(CN)6
Mechanisms and rules for writing chemical
+3 formulas: Silicate SiO 4
Aluminum Al
Chromium (III) Cr THE CRISS-CROSS METHOD
Antimony (III) Sb
RULE 1: The resulting formula for a compound Some Common Acids
Bismuth Bi
must have a total charge of zero (0).
Iron (III) Fe RULE 2: Write the positive ion first and cross the Acetic HC2H3O2
Arsenic As valences.
RULE 3: Do not cross any signs. Carbonic H2CO3
RULE 4: Don’t cross any ones. Hydrochloric HCl
RULE 5: If both valences are the same, don’t Hydrobromic HBr
cross them.
+4 RULE 6: More than one atom, more than one time,
Hydrofluoric HF
Lead (IV) or Plumbic Pb use parentheses Nitric HNO3
Tin (IV) or Stannic Sn RULE 7: If the final answer has subscripts that Phosphoric H3PO4
Carbon C can be reduced, they must be reduced.
RULE 8: If the name of the compound has prefixes Sulfuric H2SO4
Silicon Si
in it, change the prefixes to subscripts and do not
cross the valences.