Transition metals capable of having different charges and forming compounds in different proportions are called multivalent metals, or multiple-charge cations.
What are all the multivalent elements?
The Five Multivalent Metals
- copper. Cu 1+ copper(I) Cu 2+ copper(II)
- iron. Fe 2+ iron(II) Fe 3+ iron(III)
- mercury. Hg2 2+ mercury(I) Hg 2+ mercury(II)
- lead. Pb 2+ lead(II) Pb 4+ lead(IV)
- tin. Sn 2+ tin(II) sn 4+ tin(IV)
What is a multivalent compound?
Multivalent Compounds Page 2 What does multivalent mean? • Some metals are multivalent. • This means they have more than one ion form.
