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ionic compounds

ionic compounds is the plural of ionic compound.

Meaning of ionic compound

Noun

ionic compound (plural ionic compounds)

  1. A chemical compound consisting of cations and anions held together by electrostatic forces.
    • When writing the formula for the ionic compound, the cation comes first, followed by the anion, both with numeric subscripts to indicate the number of atoms of each.https://courses.lumenlearning.com/introchem/chapter/formulas-of-ionic-compounds/, Lumen

Questions about ionic compounds

What is ionic compounds the plural of?
Ionic compounds is the plural of ionic compound.

Words near ionic compounds in the dictionary

  1. Ionians
  2. ionic
  3. ionic bond
  4. ionic bonds
  5. ionic compound
  6. ionic compounds
  7. ionic crystal
  8. ionic crystals
  9. Ionic Greek
  10. ionic liquid
  11. ionic liquids

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