h2so4

[SteakandKidneyPie]

Wtf do you call so4 in word equation?

[CyanSandwich]

sulfate.

[SteakandKidneyPie]

Yes, I know that but what I do not get is what would you call o4. Carbon dioxide +2 or something.

I am not dumb, I just can not figure this crap out

[Auz]

At 11/3/10 05:29 AM, SteakandKidneyPie wrote: Yes, I know that but what I do not get is what would you call o4. Carbon dioxide +2 or something.

I am not dumb, I just can not figure this crap out

There's no carbon (C) in there, so nope.

Officially that part would have to be called tetroxide (Greek term indicating 4 is tetra).

[SteakandKidneyPie]

Thanks mate. I do not know why I said carbon dioxide, dreaming isn't pretty

[SohlTofang]

Johnny was so thirsty, no Johnny is no more, what he thought was h20 was h2s04 :D.

[Sevkat]

At 11/3/10 05:07 AM, SteakandKidneyPie wrote: Wtf do you call so4 in word equation?

Do you mean 'SO4'?
I'm a little rusty, but I'm pretty sure that it would be 'Sulfur tetraoxide. I'm pretty sure that Sulfur is a non-metal, hence a Covalent Bond, but I'm not entirely sure. Just to be positive try writing 'Sulfur Oxygen (IV)'.

Unless 'So' is and element, but I'm pretty positive it isn't.

[Sevkat]

Make sure to balance your equasion, nig.
h2so4
Count up the elements
Hydrogen (H) - 2
Sulfur (S) - 1
Oxygen (O) - 4

I didn't read it all before, if I knew the what the question was exactly I'd probably be able to help out quite a bit more. Get the before and after equasion, balance it, and and identify what kind of reaction it is, if needed.

[studmuffin7]

SO4 is the sulfate ion, it is a polyatomic ion. If you are studying nomenclature, then you should look up endings like "ate", and "ide" and what they mean.