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How to Write the Name for Cu2O

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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For Cu2O use the hints and resources below to help write the name.

Hint for Naming Cu2O

For Cu2O we have a transition metal and a non-metal. This is a binary ionic compound.

  • Name the metal as it appears on the Periodic Table.
  • Name the non-metal (Oxygen) by replacing the ygen with ide.
  • Look at the chemical formula to find the charge for Copper. O has an ionic charge of -2. Since there are two Cu atoms each must have a charge of +1. We show that by putting a (I) after the name for Cu.

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