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Naming Chemical Compounds
A series of free High School Chemistry Video Lessons from Brightstorm.
Naming Covalent Compounds
In naming covalent compounds, each element in a covalent compounds needs a prefix to denote the number of atoms of that element. These prefixes are Greek (mon-, di-, tri-, etc) and the last element in the formula also gets the suffix "-ide."
Naming Ionic Compounds
When naming ionic compounds, we always name the cation first with its full scientific name. Then, we name the anion, cutting off the last syllable and adding the suffix “-ide”. Sodium chloride, for instance, is an ionic compound containing sodium and chlorine.
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