Answer by Chris John for Why does the hydroxide ion have a negative charge?
I may be wrong, but one way I understood the overall formal charge denoted outside the bracketed OH- molecule, was by giving OH- a backstory.Without a backstory of how it came to form, I don't think...
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Answer by Cargo for Why does the hydroxide ion have a negative charge?
A water molecule is charge neutral because there is the same number of positive charges as there are negative charges. In this diagram, called a Lewis structure, the dots represent electrons while the...
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Hydrogen exists as $\ce{H2}$, while oxygen exists as $\ce{O2}$. They are both diatomic elements, meaning that their stable form is a pair. There are several others...One Hydrogen ($\ce H$) has a...
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I've been studying the roles of hydroxide & hydronium in acids and bases, and it was mentioned that a hydroxide ion (OH-) has a negative charge. Can someone give me a layman's explanation of what...
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