Acid-Base Nomenclature

When naming a binary acid, the name will...

• start with hydro- and end with -ous

• start with hydro- and end with -ic

• start with the name of the anion and end with -ic

• start with the name of the anion and end with -ous

When the polyatomic ion in an acid ends in -ate, the root name of the polyatomic ion is followed by the ending -_____.

• ide

• ic

• ous

• ite

When the polyatomic ion in an acid ends in -ite, the root name of the polyatomic ion is followed the ending -_____.

• ide

• ic

• ous

• ite

The cation in an acid is typically...

• a metal

• hydrogen

• hydroxide

• negatively charged

The anion in a base is typically...

• a metal

• hydrogen

• hydroxide

• negatively charged

phosphorous acid

• H₃PO₄

• H₂PO₄

• H₃P

• H₃PO₃

hydrochloric acid

• HCl

• _HClO

• H₃ClO₃

• HClO₃

sulfuric acid

• HSO₃

• H₂SO₃

• H₂SO₄

• H₃SO₄

Tags

NGSS.HS-PS1-2

Mg(OH)₂

• magnesium hydroxide acid
• hydromagnesium acid
• magnesium oxygen hydride
• magnesium hydroxide

Barium hydroxide

(barium is a +2 ion, hydroxide is a -1 ion)

• BaOH
• Ba₂OH

• Ba(OH)₂