(3) A chart summarizing the use of the prefixes and the series of radicals
formed by chlorine as examples follows:
PREFIX
SUFFIX
NAME OF ION
RADICAL
-1
hypo-
--ite
hypochlorite
ClO
-1
--ite
chlorite
ClO2
-1
--ate
chlorate
ClO3
-1
per-
--ate
perchlorate
ClO4
(a)
Questions.
1 IO3 -1 is called __________________ ion.
2 IO2 -1 is called __________________ ion.
3 IO4 -1 is called __________________ ion.
4 PO4 -3 is called _________________ ion.
5 PO3 -3 is called _________________ ion.
6 NO3 -1 is called _________________ ion.
7 CO3 -2 is called _________________ ion.
(b) Answers.
1 lodate.
2 lodite.
3 Periodate.
4 Phosphate.
5 Phosphite.
6. Nitrate.
7 Carbonate. (Be sure to learn the exceptions!)
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