PREFIXES

1. PREFIXES PREFIXES FOR NON METALLIC COMPOUNDS

2. PREFIXES MONO = 1 DI = 2 TRI = 3 TETRA = 4 PENTA = 5 HEXA = 6 HEPTA = 7 OCTA = 8 NONA = 9 DECA = 10

3. PREFIXES PREFIXES ARE USED WITH THE ELEMENTS: CARBON PHOSPHORUS NITROGEN SILICON AND SULFUR

4. PREFIXES ARE USED TO INDICATE THE NUMBER OF ATOMS IN THE COMPOUND. OXIDATION NUMBERS ARE NOT USED !!!!!!!!

5. FORMULA TO NAME CO2 = CARBON DIOXIDE CO = CARBON MONOXIDE P Cl5= PHOSPHORUS PENTACHLORIDE

6. NAME TO FORMULA DO NOT USE THE PREFIX MONO ON THE FIRST ELEMENT BUT USE ALL THE OTHERS DI NITROGEN TRI PHOSPHIDE N2P3 OXIDATION NUMBERS ARE NOT USED!!!!!

7. NAME TO FORMULA SULFUR TRI OXIDE S O3 SILICON MONOXIDE Si O

8. FORMULA --> NAME 1) carbon dioxide 2) carbon monoxide 3) sulfur dioxide 4) sulfur trioxide 5) dinitrogen monoxide 6) nitrogen monoxide 7) dinitrogen trioxide 8) nitrogen dioxide 9) dinitrogen tetraoxide

9. FORMULA --> NAME 10) dinitrogen pentaoxide 11) phosphorus trichloride 12) phosphorus pentachloride 13) nitrogen trihyride or ammonia 14) sulfur hexachloride 15) diphosphorus pentaoxide 16) carbon tetrachloride 17) silicon dioxide 18) carbon disulfide 19) oxygen difluoride 20) phosphorus tribromide

10. WS NAME  FORMULA 1) C Br4 8) N2 O 15) P Br6 2) Si O2 9) C O 16) N O7 3) P Cl5 10) Si2 S4 17) C O2 4) N O 11) P Cl4 18) Si O3 5) C S2 12) N O3 19) P2 O5 6) Si S2 13) C Cl4 20) N2 O 7) P2 O3 14) Si O