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Prefixes Type I Use the element name for the cation. Type II Determine the charge of the cation; use a Roman numeral after the cation name. Yes Yes Yes No No Zumdahl, Zumdahl, DeCoste, World of Chemistry 2002, page 98 Covalent Binary Compounds: Nonmetal-Nonmetal Com...