[naz86]

what is a carbide?, and what elements does it contain if any.

[Mitch]

carbon of course

[rox1co]

what is a carbide?, and what elements does it contain if any.

what does the suffix -ide indicate?

you need to go over how the elements are named

[naz86]

i dnt knw what the ide is there for.
i understand that carbide is carbon.
but im confused because its carbide, and im unsure what the 'ide' part is, or what part of an element it is formed from

[rox1co]

i dnt knw what the ide is there for.
i understand that carbide is carbon.
but im confused because its carbide, and im unsure what the 'ide' part is, or what part of an element it is formed from

when we name compounds such as calcium & carbon, the cation keeps its name, while the anion has an -ide suffix = Calcium carbide

that's all to it

[english]

Carbide is a negatively charged carbon atom (more commonly referred to as a carbanion), not to be confused with carbene, a neutral carbon atom with a lone pair.

-ide is indicative of the negative (-) charge the atom bears.

Carbon cations (carbocations) have a positive charge (+), and their names end in -ylium.

[Yggdrasil]

In general the -ide suffix is used to denote the anion of an element in ionic compounds.  For example, oxide refers to the O^2- anion in compounds such as iron (III) oxide (Fe₂O₃) or calcium oxide (CaO).  Other anions with the -ide ending include sulfide (S^2-) and chloride (Cl^-).

Other suffixes are used to denote other types of anions.  For example, the -ate suffix usually refers to an oxyanion, an anion formed from an element bonded to oxygen.  Therefore, while sulfide is S^2-, sulfate is SO₄^2-.