Nomenclature:  Ionic AND Covalent

Directions: Name the following covalent compounds.

CO

 

NO­2

 

N2O5

 

PCl5

 

OF6

 

SBr3

 

SiO2

 

SF6

 

Directions: Name the following ionic compounds.

NaCl

 

MgBr2

 

LiF

 

Mg(NO3)2

 

KI

 

CaCl2

 

SrO

 

NaI

 

Directions: Write the formulas for the following covalent compounds.

Silicon dioxide

 

Carbon tetrafluoride

 

Dinitrogen pentoxide

 

Nitrogen trioxide

 

Phosphorus pentachloride

 

Silicon diiodide

 

Carbon monoxide

 

Directions: Write the formulas for the following ionic compounds

Calcium iodide

 

Potassium fluoride

 

Lithium bromide

 

Calcium sulfide

 

Strontium iodide

 

Magnesium nitride

 

Beryllium chloride

 

Barium phosphide

 

Magnesium phosphate

 

Directions: Answer the following questions.

What is the VERY first thing you need to ask yourself when you are naming or writing a formula for a compound?

 

For what kind of compounds do you use prefixes?

 

 

All simple binary compounds end with what suffix?

 

 

How do you know what charge an ion has?

 

 


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