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njose528  on July 13, 2010

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Chemistry

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The molecules of a binary molecular compound are made up of two elements. Most, often both elements are nonmetals. 1. The name consists of two words, one for each element in the compound 2. The first word is the name of the element that appears first in the formula 3. The second word is an altered The molecules of a binary molecular compound are made up of two elements. Most, often both elements are nonmetals.
1. The name consists of two words, one for each element in the compound

2. The first word is the name of the element that appears first in the formula

3. The second word is an altered version of the name of the second element. This word retains the stem of the element name and replaces the ending by ide.

4. The names are further modified by adding prefixes. Mono is only used to name the second element

5. When the prefix ends in "a" or "o" and the element nae begins with an a/o the final vowel of the prefix is usually dropped. (see more)

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