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How is writing formulas for ionic compounds with transition metals different from the regular metals?

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The first most obvious thing to note is when naming transitional metals, you have to state its charge with roman numerals (except for 1 if I remember correctly). For example, Iron (lll), iron has a charge of 3.

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