BUBBLING TEST TUBE LESSON 6: NAMING COMPOUNDS FACTORS OF SCIENTIFIC LITERACY AND FOUNDATIONAL OBJECTIVES, LEARNING OBJECTIVES, SCIENCE 10 BIBLIOGRAPHY
NAMING IONIC COMPOUNDS

IONIC COMPOUNDS ARE NAMED USING THE FULL NAME OF THE METAL FOLLOWED BY A SHORTENED NAME OF THE NONMETAL WITH AN -IDE ENDING.

THE SHORTENED NAME OF THE NONMETAL IS USUALLY THE FIRST SYLLABLE OF THE NAME OF THE NONMETAL.

EXAMPLES:

CHEMICAL FORMULA METAL NAME NONMETAL NAME SHORTENED NONMETAL NAME (FIRST SYLLABLE) COMPOUND NAME
NACL SODIUM CHLORINE CHLOR- SODIUM CHLORIDE
MGO MAGNESIUM OXYGEN OX- MAGNESIUM OXIDE
CACL2 CALCIUM CHLORINE CHLOR- CALCIUM CHLORIDE

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