Unit 4 Learning Outcomes

Upon successful completion of this unit, you will be able to: 

  • list the rules for assigning most common electronic charge states of compounds or elements, or their oxidation numbers
  • give oxidation numbers for each element in the formula of a compound
  • explain the significance of a chemical formula
  • determine the formula of an ionic compound when given the name
  • name an ionic compound when given a formula
  • name binary molecular compounds using prefixes
  • balance a chemical equation
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