Chapter 4 Notes Questions
4.1 Naming binary compounds
1. What is a binary ionic compound?
2. How do we name these compounds? Give an example
3. Define the two types of binary compounds
4. List the rules for naming type I ionic compounds. Give some examples of these names
5. What is different about metals in Type II binary compounds, than type I?
6. How do we remedy this issue?
7. What does the Roman numeral tell us?
8. How do we distinguish between type I and type II cations?
9. What type of elements do type 3 binary compounds contain?
10. List the rules for naming type III binary compounds
11. List the prefixes and the numbers they indicate from table 4.3
12. How do we avoid awkward pronunciation when naming these compounds?
13. List some examples of names of type III binary compounds
4.2 Naming and writing formulas for more complex compounds
1. What are polyatomic ions? Give an example
2. What are oxyanions?
3. When there are two oxyanions with the same element the suffixes –ite and –ate are used,
how do you determine which to use? Give an example
4. When there are more than two oxyanions with the same element the prefixes hypo- and
per- are used, what do these prefixes indicate? Give an example of when they are used
5. Naming ionic compounds that contain polyatomic ions is very similar to naming binary
ionic compounds. What two things do you need when naming an ionic compound?
6. What are the two things you must learn to do when naming ionic compounds?
7. When is a roman numeral used in naming these compounds
8. What is an acid?
9. What do the rules for naming acids depend on?
10. List the rules for naming acids. Give examples of how each rule works