Answers to Drills for Bruce’s Notes on Formulas and Nomenclature

Practice – Binary Compounds Composed of Two Nonmetals

Drill 1.1

Please name the following compounds. Correct spelling is required.

  1. SO2 : sulfur dioxide
  2. CCl4: carbon tetrachloride
  3. P2O5: diphosphorus pentoxide
  4. ClO: chlorine monoxide
  5. ICl: iodine monochloride
  6. SF6:  sulfur hexafluoride
Drill 1.2

Please write the correct chemical formulas.

  1. dichlorine heptoxide: Cl2O7
  2. dinitrogen pentoxide: N2O5
  3. oxygen difluoride: OF2
  4.  phosphorus pentachloride: PCl5
Drill 2.1
  1. magnesium oxide
  2. potassium sulfide
  3. iron(III) chloride
  4. silver iodide
  5. calcium fluoride
  6. barium phosphide
  7. lithium hydride
  8. magnesium nitride
  9. strontium bromide
  10. copper(I) sulfide
Drill 2.2
  1. Ca3N2
  2.  Al2O3
  3. Na2S
  4. KH
  5.  SnBr4
  6. Ca3P2
  7. K4C
  8. BaH2
  9. HgS
  10. FeI2

Drill 3, Table 1:

1. calcium phosphate 2. potassium nitrate
3. barium carbonate 4. lithium bromite
5. strontium sulfite 6. magnesium periodate
7. sodium thiosulfate 8. copper(II) acetate
9. potassium permanganate 10. potassium phosphate
11. sodium chromate. 12.  iron(III) hypobromite
13. silver chlorate 14. tin(II) sulfate
15. sodium dichromate 16.  copper(I) nitrite
17. aluminum chlorite 18. calcium hypoiodite
19. barium perbromate 20. lithium carbonate

Drill 3, Table 2:

1. Li2S2O3 2. Sn(NO3)2 3. Na2CO3 4. (NH4)2SO4 5. Sr3(PO4)2
6. Hg2Cl2 7. Cu3(PO4)2 8. K2Cr2O7 9. Mg(ClO3)2 10. LiC2H3O2

 

 

 

Drill 4, Table 1:

1. hydrosulfuric acid 2. potassium monohydrogen phosphate
3. acetic acid 4. hypobromous acid
5. phosphoric acid 6. sodium monohydrogen carbonate or sodium bicarbonate
7. iodic acid 8. bromous acid

Drill 4, Table 2:

1. MgHPO4 2. KHSO3 3. HBrO4 4. NaHSO4
5. HIO2 6. HClO3

ANSWERS: Practice Quiz

Practice Quiz, Table 1

1. potassium chloride 2. sodium carbonate
3. carbon tetrachloride 4. phosphorus tribromide
5. lithium nitrite 6. hydrobromic acid
7. potassium periodate 8. sulfuric acid
9. bromic acid 10. sodium dihydrogen phosphate
11. sodium sulfate dihydrate

Practice Quiz, Table 2

1. Na2C2O4 2. Fe3(PO4)2
3. N2O 4. KMnO4
5. Ba(ClO)2 6. H2C2O4
7. O2 8. HClO3
9. (NH4)2SO4 10. Mg(CN)2
11. FeSO4 • 4H2O

 

 

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