Recent content by LordOfBaal

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electronegativity

i think all this polyatomic this and mono atomic that has prevented a lot of readers from understanding what you are looking for. Hydroxide is indeed a 'polyatomic' ion - I usually call it an ion but hey. It is comprised of a hydrogen atom and an oxygen atom that has 1 extra electron - that...

You must see that the atoms can't be both charged and neutral at the same time. The carbonate ion is charged due to it having 2 extra electrons - no amount of double bond moving will remove this charge. The part I think you are missing is -This polyatomic ion has picked up 2 electrons from the...