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Chemistry
Writing Formulas for Binary Ionic Compounds
Question | Answer |
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What to do when writing names | the positive charge, the cation, must balance the negative charge of the anion |
What do you do when naming binary compounds without transition metals? | ONLY name metal and nonmetal |
Ternary Ionic Compounds | a compound that contains atoms of three different elements |
Molecules | smallest electrically neutral unit of a substance that still has the properties of the substance, made of 2 or more nonmetals that act as a unit |
Diatomics | 2 atoms |
Triatomics | 3 atoms |
What do you NEVER use to name the first element? | MONO |
Mono | 1 |
Di | 2 |
Tri | 3 |
Tetra | 4 |
Penta | 5 |
Hexa | 6 |
Hepta | 7 |
Octa | 8 |
Nona | 9 |
Deca | 10 |