Binary Covalent Nomenclature Tutorial

Summary:
Pure substances that consist of two nonmetallic elements.
Hydrogen atoms always form one covalent bond, and halgen atoms usually form one bond.

examples:

e.g. dinitrogen pentoxide: prefix (name of nonmetal) prefix (root of name of nonmetal)ide
e.g. carbon dioxide: (name of nonmetal) prefix (root of name of nonmetal) ide
e.g. hydrogen fluoride: (name of nonmetal) (root of nonmetal) ide

Prefixes:
1 - mon(o) 6 - hex(a)
2 - di 7 - hept(a)
3 - tri 8 - oct(a)
4 - tetr(a) 9 - non(a)
5 - pent(a) 10 - dec(a)

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