CHEM 10 Chapter Notes - Chapter 5: Chlorine Dioxide, Nitrite, Sodium Chloride

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When a pair of elements form more than one type of covalent compound, Greek prefixes are used to indicate how many of each element are in a compound. The more electronegative element is written last and its ending is changed to ide. B, si, c, sb, as, p, n, h, te, se, s, i, br, cl, o, f. Some of the greek prefixes are given below: mono 1, di 2, tri 3, tetra 4, penta 5, hexa 6, hepta 7, octa 8. Some additional rules: the prefix mono is never used for naming the first element of a compound, the final o or a of a prefix is often dropped when the element begins with a vowel. Examples: co = carbon monoxide, clo2 = chlorine dioxide. Finally, h2o, which according to the rules should be called dihydrogen monoxide is always called water, and nh3, or nitrogen trihydride, is always called ammonia.

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