Writing ions and radicals (1 Viewer)

[flashtrick]

I looked at the sample answers from Board of Studies and was wondering what the convention for writing ions and radicals is.

Is H+ and OH- fine? Or should they be H+ (aq) and OH- (aq)?

For chlorine radicals, should you put a dot next to Cl to represent an electron?
IE. Cl - (g)
as opposed to Cl (g)

Don't want to lose marks for small things.

 

[mahmoudali]

dots are cool, stick with dots

 

[bedpotato]

When writing equations, I put Cl with a dot. Same thing when writing it in a sentence " the Cl(dot) radical" [or "the chlorine radical"]

Same thing for ions. In equations, H+ and when writing it in a sentence "H+ ions" or "hydrogen ions"

 

[RealiseNothing]

If you don't put a state in an equation it is assumed to be aqueous. So you really don't have to put the state for ions.

 

[Menomaths]

It doesn't hurt to put a dot, better safe than sorry