Examples of Chemical Names of Compounds

CHEMICAL
CHEMICAL NAME
FORMULA
C O2 carbon dioxide
CO carbon monoxide
Na Cl sodium chloride
Cu O copper oxide
Ag Br silver bromide
KI potassium iodide
H Cl hydrogen chloride (hydrochloric acid)
NH4 Cl ammonium chloride
K OH potassium hydroxide
Na OH sodium hydroxide
Ca (OH)2 calcium hydroxide
Ca S calcium sulphide
Na NO3 sodium nitrate
H NO3 hydrogen nitrate (nitric acid)
Na HCO3 sodium bicarbonate
Zn SO4 zinc sulphate
Mg CO3 magnesium carbonate
Ca SO4 calcium sulphate
Cu CO3 copper carbonate
Al PO4 aluminium phosphate
Fe SO4 iron sulphate
Fe CO3 iron carbonate
NH4 NO3 ammonium nitrate
NH4 HCO3 ammonium bicarbonate
H2 SO4 hydrogen sulphate (sulphuric acid)
Na2 SO4 sodium sulphate
(NH4)2 CO3 ammonium carbonate

Naming Compounds
PREFIX OR
MEANING EXAMPLE
SUFFIX
Mono- There is 1 atom of that type in that molecule Carbon monoxide (CO)
Di- There are 2 atoms of that type in the molecule Carbon dioxide (CO2)

Sodium bicarbonate
Bi- Hydrogen is present in the molecule
(NaHCO3)

Lead oxide
There are only 2 types of atoms present in the
-ide (PbO)
molecule

There are 3 or more types of atoms in the Calcium carbonate

-ate
molecule, and 1 type is oxygen (CaCO3)