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 Criss-Cross Rule
Example: Aluminum
Aluminum Chloride
Chloride

Step 1:
write out name with space

3+
Step 2: Al Cl 1-

write symbols & charge of elements

Step 3: Al 1 Cl 3
criss-cross charges as subsrcipts

Step 4: AlCl3
combine as formula unit
(“1” is never shown)
 Criss-Cross Rule
Example: Aluminum Chloride
Step 1: Aluminum Chloride

Step 2: Al3+ Cl1-

Step 3: Al 1 Cl 3
Step 4: AlCl 3
 Criss-Cross Rule
Example: Aluminum Oxide
Step 1: Aluminum Oxide

Step 2: Al3+ O2-

Step 3: Al 2 O3
Step 4: Al2O3
 Criss-Cross Rule
Example: Magnesium Oxide
Step 1: Magnesium Oxide

Step 2: Mg2+ O2-

Step 3: Mg 2 O2
Step 4: Mg2O2
Step 5: MgO
 Naming Binary Compounds
Formula Name

1 BaO barium oxide

____________________

NaBr
2 ________________ sodium bromide

3 MgI2 magnesium iodide

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4 KCl potassium chloride

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SrF2
5 ________________ strontium fluoride
CsF
6 ________________ cesium fluoride
 Rules for Parentheses
Parentheses are used only when the following
two condition are met:
1. There is a radical (polyatomic ion) present and…
2. There are two or more of that radical in the formula.
Examples:
NaNO3 NO31- is a radical, but there is only one of it.
Co(NO3)2 NO31- is a radical and there are two of them
(NH4)2SO4 NH41+ is a radical and there are two of them;
SO42- is a radical but there is only one of it.
Co(OH)2 OH1- is a radical and there are two of it.
Al2(CO3)3 CO32- is a radical and there are three of them.
NaOH OH1- is a radical but there is only one of it.