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Naming Acids

The names of acids are derived from the names


of anions according to the following rules:
• If the name of the anion ends in -ate, then the name of the
acid ends in -ic. For example, because NO3− is the nitrate ion,
HNO3 is nitric acid. Similarly, ClO4− is the perchlorate ion, so
HClO4 is perchloric acid. Two important acids are sulfuric acid
(H2SO4) from the sulfate ion (SO42−) and phosphoric acid
(H3PO4) from the phosphate ion (PO43−). These two names
use a slight variant of the root of the anion name: sulfate
becomes sulfuric and phosphate becomes phosphoric.
The names of acids are derived from the names
of anions according to the following rules:
• If the name of the anion ends in -ite, then the name of the
acid ends in -ous. For example, OCl− is the hypochlorite ion,
and HOCl is hypochlorous acid; NO2− is the nitrite ion, and
HNO2 is nitrous acid; and SO32− is the sulfite ion, and H2SO3 is
sulfurous acid. The same roots are used whether the acid
name ends in -ic or -ous; thus, sulfite becomes sulfurous.
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Answer
1. Name each acid
a. Hydrochloric acid
b. Hydrobromic acid
c. Hydroritic acid
d. Hydrosulfuric acid
e. Hydroiodic acid
1. Name each acid
a. Hydrobromic acid
b. Hydrosulfurous acid
c. Hydrochlorous acid
d. Hydrocyric acid
e. Hydrophoric acid

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