Write the formula for the compound usually formed when the elements of ionic numbers 6 and 16 combine toghether?

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anor277
Oct 25, 2017

Well, if #"Z, the atomic number"=6#...we gots carbon.....

Explanation:

And if #Z=16#, we got #"sulfur"#...and the most common binary compound is #CS_2#, a vile smelling, volatile liquid, that has a normal boiling point of #46.2# #""^@C#.

I have been told that freshly distilled #CS_2# has an ethereal odour, but on standing developes foul smelling carbonyl sulfides and other materials...

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