im having trouble on naming chemical compounds... metal-nonmetal, nonmetal-nonmetal... i just dont understand them so if there are any tricks to the trade that would be useful.
Ex: CS2 would it be Carbon disulfide? Carbon (II) Sulfur i dont know..
2006-09-18 10:26:44 · 2 answers · asked by No Know 4 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Chemistry
i am doing the same stuff right now.... the thing that helps me the most is to just remember the anions names..( thats for me) then if its like sodium oxide i would know that oxide is O2 and sodium is Na. so basic formula would be NaO2 then since Oxygen has 3- charge i would just put Na3..... i am not good in explaning but if you want my teacher has a web online where we get the anions list to remember every week...i can give you the addres.... :0
2006-09-18 13:29:54 · answer #1 · answered by Love Exists? 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
There are a lot of long hairy rules, and you can find most of them in the reference. But for your purposes, there are only a few you need to know: Firstly, the formula for a compound, and the name of the compound, always match. Thus, OF2 is oxygen difluoride, not difluoro-oxide. Secondly, in a compound of multiple elements, the more electropositive element is always named first, hence it is NaCl, not ClNa. You can find a list of electronegativities in various places, including the reference.
2006-09-18 17:32:26 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋