Naming Acids
1) Binary acid solutions form when certain gaseous compounds dissolve in water.
For example, when gaseous hydrogen chloride (HCl) dissolves in water, it forms a solution called hydrochloric acid. Prefix hydro- + anion nonmetal root + suffix -ic + the word acid - hydrochloric acid
2) Oxoacid names are similar to those of the oxoanions, except for two suffix changes:
Anion “-ate” suffix becomes an “-ic” suffix in the acid. Anion “-ite”
suffix becomes an “-ous” suffix in the acid.
The oxoanion prefixes “hypo-” and “per-” are retained. Thus, BrO4-
is perbromate, and HBrO4 is perbromic acid; IO2- is iodite, and
HIO2 is iodous acid.
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