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Very Basics
Case 1
Nonmetal + Nonmetal

Case 1 Procedure
First element retains it’s name, second element gets -ide ending, Greek prefixes identify number of atoms

penta
5
hexa
6
hepta
7
octa
8
nona
9
deca
10
Case 2
Fixed Metal and Nonmetal

Case 2 Procedure
metal retains its name, non metal uses ionic name
Reminder
polyatomic ions and different charge non metals still qualify as non metals
Case 3
Variable Charge and nonmetal

Case 3 procedure:
variable metal gets its charge written with Roman numeral after name, nonmetal retains it’s ionic name
Case 4 Procedure : ate
ic acid
Case 4: ite
ous acid
Case 4: ide
hydro ic acid
Hydrates
roman numeral, “hydrate” everything else normal