. A compound is composed of 2 atoms of Copper, 1 atom of Sulfur and 4 atoms of Oxygen. What is the chemical formula for this compound?

The chemical formula for this compound : Cu₂SO₄-Copper(I) sulfate

Given

2 atoms of Copper, 1 atom of Sulfur and 4 atoms of Oxygen.

Required

The chemical formula

Solution

The number of atoms forming a compound is usually indicated from the subscript in the formula

From the problem it can be seen that the compound has:

2 atoms of Cu, 1 atom of S, and 4 atoms of O

So the formula:

Cu₂SO₄

alkaline metals are lithium, sodium, rubidium, potassium, cesium and francium.

alkali metals have electronegativity from 0.7 to 1, lowest in periodic table of elements, which means that alkali metals (i group in periodic table) has positive oxidation number in compounds.

electronegativity is a chemical property that describes the tendency of an atom to attract a shared pair of electrons towards itself.

alkaline metals (far left in main group) have lowest ionizations energy and easy remove valence electrons,

for example, potassium is the alkali metal and has a single valence electron in the outer electron shell.

electron configuration of potassium is: ₁₉k 1s²2s²2p⁶3s²3p⁶4s¹.

they can not exist alone in nature, because they are very reactive.