What is a binary compound?
Binary compound is a substance whose molecules are composed of atoms of two elements. The number of individual atoms in each molecule may vary, but it must only belong to two elements, even if the elements are permitted. Binary compounds are, by definition of some of the simplest compounds throughout nature, but are also some of the most important in organic and inorganic chemistry. They are widely categorized as ion or covalent, depending on the type of atoms binding. Several subgroups and divisions of binary compounds are recognized for the purposes of classification and teaching.
The substance consisting of one metal and one non -metallic element is an ion binary compound. These compounds are formed when a positively charged binding of ions with negatively charged ions. Ion bonds These atoms are very strong and require a large amount of energy. The most commonly charged atoms of metal atoms and negatively charged ions come from non -metallic. Many compounds of this kind are salts like conventional table saltthat consists of one sodium atom and one chlorine atom.
The second main type is formed by a combination of atoms bound by covalent ties. Covalent chemical bonds are not as strong as ionic bonds, which means that relatively little energy is required to interrupt them. The hydrocarbons consisting only of carbon and hydrogen atoms are one type of covalent binary compounds. Water is perhaps the best known. This covalent compound consists of two hydrogen atoms and one oxygen atom.
Chemists have developed a system for the name of chemicals and other compounds and knowledge of the conventions of this system can help in identifying some binary compounds only from their names. The names for ion compounds that tend to be metal associated with non-metallic, are usually formulated with the name Kovunás followed in the short form of the non-metallic element name, the "-ide" suffix. For example, salt is sodn chlorideý, "-ide" helps to identify it as a binary compound. Covalent compounds monitor similar conventions and binary compounds of both types may have a second term modified by the prefix to indicate more atoms of one element, such as carbon dioxide, which has two oxygen atoms. Other rules are used for some other special cases and sometimes the compound may not control conventions at all.