Acid Naming "How To" Check

All acids have what element in the front of their formula?

• Hydrogen

• Helium

• Chlorine

• Oxygen

Answer explanation

All acids start with H

Label the types of acids

a

b

Binary

Tetranery

Mononary

Oxyacid

Which applied to each anion if they bonded to H to make an acid?

• Polyatomic ends with "ate"

• ending changes to -ic

• Mono-atomic anion from periodic table

• ending changes to -ous

• Polyatomic ends with "ite"

• use prefix hydro -- ic

Which applied to each anion if they bonded to H to make an acid?

• NO₃ ^-1

• ending changes to -ic

• F^-1

• use prefix hydro -- ic

• SO₃ ^-2

• ending changes to -ous

nitric acid

• HN

• HNO

• HNO₃

• HNO₂

Answer explanation

Find NO₃ on the polyatomic ion list. Since the name is nitrate, you know the name of the polyatomic ion changed from the ending in nitrate to nitric -ic.

Nitric acid is HNO₃

Select the name for the following acid: HC₂H₃O₂

• Acetic acid
• Ethanoic acid
• Acenous acid
• Hydroacetic acid

Answer explanation

DON'T COMBINE THE HYDROGENS. Treat acetate as any other polyatomic ion

What is the name for this acid: HNO₂?

• hydronitric acid

• nitrous acid

• nitric acid

• nitrate acid

When writing formula for hydrobromic acid, what should tell you what the anion is in this specific acid?

• Hydro = single element from periodic table

• ending in -ic must be polyatomic ion ending in ate

• acid means it starts with a metal from the periodic table

What is the name for the acid with the formula H₂SO₄?

• Sulfuric acid

• Sulfurous acid

• Hydrosulfuric acid

• Sulfur acid

Match the following

• HClO₃

• Polyatomic ion

• HCl

• Chloric acid

• Cl^-

• Hydrochloric acid

• ClO₄ ^-

• Chloride anion

• HClO₂

• Chlorous acid

Tags

NGSS.HS-PS1-1