Naming Rules: ( Compounds containing only Non Metals)

1. The first element is named first, using the element’s name off the periodic table
2. the second element, take its rootand add ending - ide
3. A dd prefixes which will show how many atoms of each element are here in a compound
4. “Mon
o” is not used to name the first element.
Prefixes:
1: mono
2: di
3: tri
4: tetra
5: penta
6: hexa
7:hepta
8: octa
9: nona
10: deca
Note
: when the addition of the Greek prefix places two vowels adjacent to one another, the "a" (or the "o") at
the end of
the Greek prefix is usually dropped; e.g., "nonaoxide" would be written as "nonoxide", and "monooxide" would be
written as "monoxide". The "i" at the end of the prefixes "di
-
" and "tri
-
" are never dropped.
Examples:
1. H
2
O
2
: dihydrogen
dioxide
2. P
2
S
3
: diphosphorous trisulfide
3. CO
2
: carbon dioxide
Write the formulas for the following covalent compounds:
1) antimony tribromide __________________________________
2) hexaboron
mono
silicide __________________________________
3) chlorine
dioxide __________________________________
4) trihydrogen
mono
phosphide __________________________________
5) iodine pentafluoride __________________________________
6) dinitrogen trioxide __________________________________
7) carbon monoxide ____________
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