Clueless Posted May 1, 2011 Share Posted May 1, 2011 Hey, I am currently studying basic chem, and i'm currently writing a paper on precipitation reactions- However I am uncertain as to what exactly an iconic solid is. Is it incorrect to say that it is basically a insoluble ionic compound? If not, then is it of the same structure as a iconic compound? Grateful to anyone who can help Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CaptainPanic Posted May 2, 2011 Share Posted May 2, 2011 Iconic or ionic? An ionic compound is made up of ions (i.e. a salt). I've never heard of an iconic compound... (but then again, I'm a chemical engineer, not a chemistry teacher). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hypervalent_iodine Posted May 2, 2011 Share Posted May 2, 2011 It's not necessarily insoluble, it just means that it's in its solid form. As CaptainPanic said, and ionic (note, not iconic) solid is a solid that consists of ionic (charged) species. Table salt, NaCl, is one such solid since it consists of Na+ and Cl- ions. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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