Naming Ionic Compounds Naming Covalent Compounds In naming covalent compounds, each element in a covalent compounds needs a prefix to denote the number of atoms of that element. These prefixes are Greek (mon-, di-, tri-, etc) and the last element in the formula also gets the suffix "-ide...
Name ___ Period ___ Naming Compounds: Ionic vs. Covalent How do you know when a compound is… - IONIC? ___ - COVALENT? ___ - an ACID? ___
Naming Compounds Flowchart 2 elements Covalent Binary Acid YES H + Element Hydro + root anion + -ic acid H + PolyaIonic Binary