Homework Help: basic chem

Posted by anne on Tuesday, September 15, 2009 at 8:34pm.

Oxygen has a charge of -2
Sulfur has a charge of -2

My product in a equation is S02

but how is this possible is they both have the same charge?
because now the S has a charge of -2
and the O of -4

basic chem - bobpursley, Tuesday, September 15, 2009 at 8:36pm
S here has +4. O always is -2, except in peroxides, and there it is -1.
basic chem - anne, Tuesday, September 15, 2009 at 8:37pm
so does that mean that S can have a net ionic charge of +4 as well as -2?

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