Chemical nomenclature

ionic compounds

which involve obtaining a complete outer valence shell

having a charge of 0

when giving your compounds names the first symbol you would use the cation

aka the non-metal would use the root of the anion and add -ide

the -ide ending is placed at the end of a monoatomic anion

you have to know the charge of the ions

also known as a radical bond with metal to form ionic compounds

polyatomic anion contain oxygen

when there's 2 oxyanions formed in one element the one with more oxygen the name ends in -ate and the one with less oxygen ends with -ite

non metals bond with other non metals

non-metals in molecular compounds have to share electrons.

they also create a covalent bond when electrons are shared

names of covalent bond

single

double

triple

a prefix is used to indicate the # of atoms

when there's only one of the first element you ignore the prefix

when there's only one of the second element the prefix is -mono