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If an element has more than one ionic charge, how is that piece of information represented in a chemical name?

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usually with roman numerals, like iron (II) chromate
iron has a charge of 2
or manganese (IV) oxide, manganese has a charge of 4
(these are ionic compounds just to let you know)

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