{"id":677293,"date":"2023-09-02T20:47:03","date_gmt":"2023-09-02T15:17:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/infinitylearn.com\/surge\/question\/oxide-and-sulphide-ions-are-respectively\/"},"modified":"2025-06-19T20:22:46","modified_gmt":"2025-06-19T14:52:46","slug":"oxide-and-sulphide-ions-are-respectively","status":"publish","type":"questions","link":"https:\/\/infinitylearn.com\/surge\/question\/chemistry\/oxide-and-sulphide-ions-are-respectively\/","title":{"rendered":"Oxide and sulphide ions are respectively ?"},"content":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":1,"template":"","meta":{"_yoast_wpseo_focuskw":"","_yoast_wpseo_title":"","_yoast_wpseo_metadesc":"Oxide and sulphide ions are respectively ?","custom_permalink":"question\/chemistry\/oxide-and-sulphide-ions-are-respectively\/"},"categories":[],"acf":{"question":"<p style=\"margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; line-height:normal; font-size:12pt\"><span>Oxide and sulphide ions are respectively ?<\/span><\/p><br><pstyle=\"margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;line-height:normal;font-size:12pt\"><spanstyle=\"font-family:'timesnewroman';-aw-import:ignore\"><p><\/p><pstyle=\"margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;line-height:normal;font-size:12pt\"><spanstyle=\"font-family:'timesnewroman';-aw-import:ignore\"><p><\/p><\/spanstyle=\"font-family:'timesnewroman';-aw-import:ignore\"><\/pstyle=\"margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;line-height:normal;font-size:12pt\"><\/spanstyle=\"font-family:'timesnewroman';-aw-import:ignore\"><\/pstyle=\"margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;line-height:normal;font-size:12pt\">","options":[{"option":"<span>Both are divalent <\/span>","correct":true},{"option":"<span>Univalent and divalent <\/span>","correct":false},{"option":"<span>Divalent and Univalent<\/span>","correct":false},{"option":"<span>Both are trivalent<\/span><span>&nbsp;<\/span>","correct":false}],"solution":"<span>Oxide and sulphide ions are both divalent.<\/span><br><span>Given that they contain <\/span><math xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/1998\/Math\/MathML\"><mn>6<\/mn><\/math><span> electrons in their final shell according to the electrical configuration, it creates <\/span><math xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/1998\/Math\/MathML\"><mn>2<\/mn><\/math><span> valencies and adds <\/span><math xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/1998\/Math\/MathML\"><mn>2<\/mn><\/math><span> electrons to become stable, becoming <\/span><math xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/1998\/Math\/MathML\"><msup><mrow><mi>O<\/mi><\/mrow><mrow><mo>-<\/mo><mn>2<\/mn><\/mrow><\/msup><mi>&nbsp;<\/mi><\/math><span>and <\/span><math xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/1998\/Math\/MathML\"><msup><mrow><mi>S<\/mi><\/mrow><mrow><mo>-<\/mo><mn>2<\/mn><\/mrow><\/msup><mo>.<\/mo><mi>&nbsp;<\/mi><\/math><span>This is similar to the reason why sulphuric acid generates diatomic compounds since it is a molecule with two valencies. <\/span><math xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/1998\/Math\/MathML\"><msup><mrow><mi>S<\/mi><\/mrow><mrow><mo>-<\/mo><mn>2<\/mn><\/mrow><\/msup><\/math><span> and <\/span><math xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/1998\/Math\/MathML\"><msup><mrow><mi>O<\/mi><\/mrow><mrow><mo>-<\/mo><mn>2<\/mn><\/mrow><\/msup><\/math><span> are now present as the sulphide and oxide ions, respectively. 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