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How to Write the Formula for Carbon monoxide

Learning to name chemical compounds requires that you:

  • Determine the type of compound you are working with.
  • Apply the rules for naming that type of compound.
  • Practice until it becomes second nature.
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Get more practice writing formulas for compounds.

For Carbon monoxide use the hints and resources below to help write the formula.

Hint for Writing the Formula for Carbon monoxide

This is a molecular (also called covalent) compound.

The prefixes tells us the number of each atom.

mono di tri tetra penta hexa hepta octa non dec
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10

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