ChemistryNaming Compounds

List some common Nonmetals

The list is not limited to certain ones

Name as many as you can

Here is my list

Argon, Astatine, Bromine, Carbon, Chlorine, Fluorine, Helium, Hydrogen,

Iodine, Krypton, Neon, Nitrogen,

Oxygen, Phosphorus, Radon, Selenium, Sulfur and Xenon

Names

Important note

• When naming nonmetal bonds prefixes are needed

• Also ending of last element is changed to “ide” in most cases

• Ex. Oxygen--Oxide

Prefixes• Mono, Di, Tri,

Can you guess the others?

Think about the different shapes in geometry

• Penta, Hexa, Hepta, Octa, Nona, Deca

Convert: Name to Symbol

• Carbon Dioxide

• Carbon Tetrachloride

• Nitrogen Dioxide

• Dicarbon Pentoxide

Convert: Symbol to Name

• Sulfur Dioxide

• Trinitrogen Pentoxide

• Trisulfur Octoxide

• Tricarbon Heptoxide