What is the charge on the cation in the ionic compound sodium sulfide?

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anor277
Nov 15, 2016

Sodium commonly forms a +I+I ion.

Explanation:

And thus the chemical formula for sodium sulfide is Na_2SNa2S, i.e. two sodium ions are required to form a neutral salt with S^(2-)S2−.

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