An ionic compound forms when lithium (Z = 3) reacts with oxygen (Z = 8). If a sample of the compound contains 8.4x10²¹ lithium ions, how many oxide ions does it contain?



Answer :

The oxide ion in a sample compound half of the lithium ions which is 4.2 × 10²¹ ions.

What is ions?

It is defined as the atom or compound which have net electric charge due to loss or gain of electron.

What is Ionic Compound and ionic bond?

Ionic bond is defined as the bond which is formed by the transfer of electron from one atom to another atom.

The compound formed by forming ionic bond is termed as Ionic compound.

Chemical reaction:

4Li + O2 --- 2Li2O

From. the reaction we noticed that one oxide ion react with two ions of lithium to form Li2O.

Therefore, the oxide ions in a sample compound should be half of the lithium ions.

Thus, we found that the oxide ions in a sample of ionic compound is 4.2 × 10²¹ ions.

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