Chemistry: An Atoms-Focused Approach

Published by W. W. Norton & Company
ISBN 10: 0393912345
ISBN 13: 978-0-39391-234-0

Chapter 4 - Chemical Bonding - Questions and Problems - Page 179: 53

Answer

(b)

Work Step by Step

Option (a) is incorrect. This compound is sodium sulfide. Option (c) is incorrect. This compound is sodium sulfate. Option (d) is incorrect. This compound is sodium hydrosulfide. Option (b) is correct. This compound is made of sodium and the oxoanion sulfite.
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