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ionic compound (or salt1)
- metal and nonmetal
- ”A compound that consists of ions” (Jones, 2016)
- polyatomic ion (or molecular ion)
- monatomic ion
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molecular compound (or covalant compound)
- 2 nonmetals
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amorphous solid (or non-crystalline solid) (מוצק אמורפי)
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crystal (or crystalline solid) (גביש, מוצק גבישי)
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number of elements:
- 2: binary compounds
- 3: ternary compounds
- 4: quaternary compounds
naming
- ionic compound
- cation (metal) first
- if it can have more than one ion use Roman numeral
- anion (non-metal) second
- monatomic ions: first syllable + ide
- polyatomic ions: name of the polyatomic ion
- cation (metal) first
- molecular compound
- first: prefix (unless it is one)
- second: prefix and ide
References
- Jones, Loretta (2016). Chemical Principles. W. H. Freeman.