The name iron (II) chloride would indicate that the compound contains.
A. iron ions with an 11+ charge
B. iron ions with a negative charge
C. two ions of chlorine
D. none of the above
please help!!!

Question

The name iron (II) chloride would indicate that the compound contains.
A. iron ions with an 11+ charge 	
  B. iron ions with a negative charge 	
  C. two ions of chlorine 	
  D. none of the above
please help!!!

aaronandyson · Answer

What do you think?

j3nny0rtiz · Answer

honestly I have no idea.

j3nny0rtiz · Answer

CAN SOMEONE HELP ME

evoker · Answer

Iron is an element with variable ionic charge, for ionic compounds, a roman numeral is used to indicate the charge of the element with variable ionic charge.  Therefore the Iron has a charge of +2, and the chlorine if you look on the periodic table has a charge of -1,  balance the equation and you should be able to answer the problem.

mjdennis · Answer

https://www.princeton.edu/~cebic/ironIIvsIII.html

jadeishere · Answer

Very well said @Evoker but please keep in mind that balancing the equation will not help at this moment in time. It's simply asking what the (II) indicates about the ionic compound.

j3nny0rtiz · Answer

B ?

evoker · Answer

You will need to balance in order to solve the question

evoker · Answer

C is true but if you don't balance I would say none of the above.