Nomenclature Flow Chart Page 2
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2Acid
Is the acid a binary (only 2 elements) or and oxyacid (more than 2 elements)
binary
Oxyacid
use hydro in front
DO NOT USE HYDRO
use root word of nonhydrogen element
end in -ic
Find name of polyatomic ion in acid
Examples:
If it ends in ate change to ic
HCl - hydrochloric acid
If it ends in ite change to ous
HF - hydrofluoric acid
H
S- hydrosulfuric acid
Examples:
2
H
SO
sulfuric acid
2
4
H
SO
sulfurous acid
2
3
H
PO
phosphoric acid
3
4
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