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Ionic charge

GCSE Chemistry · key term

Ionic charge

Definition

The electrical property of an ion, written as a superscript with a magnitude and a positive or negative sign, such as $2+$ or $1-$ .

Used by OCR

How each exam board covers it

OCR GCSE Chemistry A · J248

Specification C3.1d · Paper 1 (Foundation), Paper 3 (Higher)

Revise: Deducing Compound Formulae

OCR Chemistry A past papers

Related key terms

Formula unit
Ion
Ionic compound
Polyatomic ion

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