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How did you get K2SO4 as a product for Module 9, Practice Problem 10?
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The reason you do not know how the “2” got into the chemical formula for the salt is that you have forgotten what you learned in Module 5 (pp. 175-180). When H2SO4 gives up its two H 1+ ions, the only thing left is SO4 2-, the polyatomic sulfate ion. The K is in group 1, so in ionic compounds, it takes on the charge 1+.

 

To determine the chemical formula of the ionic compound between SO4 2- and K 1+, you switch the charges and drop the signs. Thus, you get K2SO4.

 

You might want to review those Module 5 pages, because you must remember those concepts to understand Module 9.

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