Subject: SNC2DE Unit: 3.0: Chemistry Lesson: 3.

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Topics: Materials: Nelson: Science 10
Naming of Binary Acids Handouts
Homework: Take up homework
A) Intro:
• We’ve looked at ionic binary compounds, and polyatomic ions. Today we’re going to look at binary acids and how
they are named. We will look at the basics of acids/bases today but we will go into much greater depth on these at a
later date.☺

B) Binary Acids:
• What is an acid? Something that reacts with stuff, eats through stuff, dissolves stuff etc.
• From a chemistry point of view that means that acids are reactive, and if they are they must involve ions☺
• So far, we’ve only looked at ionic compounds which will be sufficient for us today since binary acids are ionic.
o Recall, ionic compounds dissolve in water (due to charge/polarity of water and nature of an ionic bond) into
their constituent ions. (if the water evaporates etc., they reform, e.g. salt water)
• In this case one of the ions is H+ which we know, from its position in the periodic table, to be very reactive.
• Also we saw with the naming of polyatomic ions that if hydrogen was added to a polyatomic ion, the charge changed
and we named it (Stock System) hydrogen whatever.
• We also have an acid name for our binary (2 part) acids, where one part is hydrogen.
• We shall use the prefix hydro and end with the suffix ic on the second atom in the formula and then we add the word
acid hence:
hydrogen + chlorine → hydro chloric Acid
H + + Cl − → HCl (aq )
• Notice the subscript (aq) for aqueous, meaning that it is dissolved in water
• We will get into bases and the reactions of acids and bases later but for now consider:
Acid + Metal → Salt + Hydrogen Gas
Acid + Base → Salt + Water
Acid + Metal Oxide → Salt + Water
• Note, salt, doesn’t refer to table salt (NaCl) necessarily, but an ionic binary compound between a metal and non-metal.

Extension:
Referring back to our lab with the Properties of Elements Lab, and consider how the metals reacted with acid. Consider
the impact of a metal oxide on that reaction. Did we see this? Are all oxides the same?

Extension (Oxy-Acids):
• We saw previously that hydrogen could be added to a polyatomic ion to create a new, hybrid polyatomic ion with a
different charge.
• The addition of hydrogen ion(s) can reduce the polyatomic ions into neutral compounds. Acids are neutral.
• These ionic compounds when dissolved in water will result in H+ ion and so result in acids – oxy-acids.
• We call them oxy-acids due to the presence of oxygen (not a requirement of a polyatomic ion, but a requirement of an
oxy-acid☺)
• We use a similar naming convention as with polyatomic ions, in particular the naming used for varying amounts of
oxygen in the ion. Note the ion also changes its name in a similar manner:
Name and Formula
Two less Oxygen One less Oxygen Normal One more Oxygen
e.g. Chlorate Hypo Chlorous Acid Chlorous Acid Chloric Acid Per Choric Acid
ClO3− HClO1 HClO2 HClO3 HClO4
Hypo Chlorite Chlorite Chlorate Per Chlorate
Polyatomic Ion − − −
ClO ClO 2 ClO 3 ClO4−
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Notes:
Homework: C06