Binary Compound

In chemistry, a binary compound is something consisting of precisely two elements. An element is a

type of substance that can't be further divided into simpler substances through chemical methods. Any
of those boxes on a periodic table of elements represent an element. A few examples of chemical
elements are hydrogen, oxygen, and iron. This means that a binary compound will be composed of two
different chemical elements.

In a binary compound, there may be only one of each element. We see this with sodium chloride (salt)
NaCl, which has one sodium (Na) and one chlorine (Cl). Still, we see some binary compounds that may
have more than one of each element, like nitrous oxide N2O that has two nitrogen (N) and one oxygen
(O). N2O is also called laughing gas, and you'll probably encounter it if you ever have to make a trip to
the dentist to get your wisdom teeth removed. From acids to salts, binary compounds are always
nearby.

IONIC COMPOUND
An ionic compound is a compound that is formed between a metal and a non-metal.(Metalloids can
also be used in ionic compounds, sometimes as cations and sometimes as anions, depending on the
properties of the specific element.). In ionic compounds the metal will always be a cation and the non-
metal will always be an anion. Please note, the negative oxidation numbers we wrote on top of Groups
IVA, VA, VIA & VIIA on our periodic tables refer only to the non-metals and the metalloids. The
metals in these columns have different oxidation numbers.

When forming ionic compounds the goal is to balance the number of positive charges with the number
of negative charges. More specifically, you want to ensure that the number of electrons that the cations
are giving up is equal to the number of electrons the anions need so that both have full outer energy
level.

MOLECULAR COMPOUND
Binary molecular compounds are compounds that consist of exactly two nonmetal elements. Examples
include HF, NO2, and P2O5. Naming binary molecular compounds is really quite easy. The first
element is given its element name; the second is given its root (hydr, bor, carb, ox, fluor, etc.) followed
by ide.

Ternary Compounds
Ternary compounds are composed of three different elements. The most common types of ternary
compounds consist of a metallic cation (positive ion) and a polyatomic anion (negative ion). The only
common polyatomic ion with a positive charge is the ammonium ion.

Polyatomic ions
are covalently bonded groups of atoms with a positive or negative charge caused by the formation of
an ionic bond with another ion. Compounds formed from such ion combinations are called polyatomic
ionic compounds, but the polyatomic ion behaves as a single unit