Naming Covalent compounds
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What is a covalent compound
a nonmetal + nonmetal
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How do you indicate how many of each nonmetals you need when naming?
you use prefixes like 1 = mono, 2 = di, etc...
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If you have only 1 of an element in the covalent compound do you need prefixes?
If there is only 1 of the first nonmetal, you dont write any prefixes but if there is only 1 of the second nonmetal, you would need a prefix in front of it
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How do covalent compounds use each others valent electrons?
They share their valent electrons instead of exchanging them with eachother. They basically have 1 valent shell
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what are covalent compounds aka?
molecular compounds
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