What is the formula for rubidium nitride?

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anor277
Oct 23, 2017

Well, #"rubidium"# is an alkali metal.....

Explanation:

...that forms a #Rb^+# cation....and nitrogen forms a nitride ion....#N^(3-)#

#1/2N_2+3e^(-) rarr N^(3-)#

....and thus we form a #Rb_3N# salt when the ions make music together....and this is probably not something we could put into a bottle.....

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