What is the charge on the cation sncl4

4+.

Explanation:

1) Cation is the name for the positive ion, while anion is the name of the negative ion.

2) SnCl₄, is a ionic compound, which means that it is formed by ions: a positive ion (cation) and a negative ion (anion).

3) The anion is formed by the most electronegative atom (Cl in this case) and the cation is from the least electronegative atom (Sn in this case).

4) The charge is the oxidation state of the element. So, we must to is to calculate the oxidation states.

Cl combines with metals using its oxidation state 1-, so that is the oxidation state in this case.

Now you have to balance the charges. There are 4 anion Cl ⁻, which is 4 negative chartes, therefore the cation has a positive 4 charge (4+) to make a neutral compound: (4+) + 4(1-) = 4 - 4 = 0.

In conclusion, the cation is Sn⁴⁺, this is its charge is 4+

question: ray weighs 100 kilograms, his wrestling partner, bobby, weighs 50 kilograms. if ray moves at 4 m s , how fast will bobby have to run at him to apply an equal amount of kinetic energy?

answer: 8 m/s he needs to run twice as fast to keep up so he has some work to do

explanation:   if the mass has units of kilograms and the velocity of meters per second, the kinetic energy has units of kilograms-meters squared per second squared.

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