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How to Write the Name for N2O

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 N2O use the hints and resources below to help write the name.

Hint for Naming N2O

Since N and O are non-metals this is a molecular compound. Therefore we use prefixes.

Put the correct prefix in front of the element name for N.

Do not put two vowels in a row in the second name. So you won't have monooxide. Just one o please.

mono di tri tetra penta hexa hepta octa non dec
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