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Systematic Naming ?

In AS chemistry my tutor keeps naming compounds with their 'systematic name' eg. AgNO3 is Silver(I)Nitrate .What does that even mean and how do you do it ?
You should be taught it during your course but using your example AgNO3 is Silver (I) Nitrate because the Ag is in the form of an Ag+ ion, if it was an Ag2+ ion for example it would be Silver (II). Eventually you'll get to Cr and Mn compounds which will go up to VI and VII For the Nitrogen oxide compounds it's Nitrite for NO2- and Nitrate for NO3-.
Original post by spaiel
In AS chemistry my tutor keeps naming compounds with their 'systematic name' eg. AgNO3 is Silver(I)Nitrate .What does that even mean and how do you do it ?


As the nitrate ion, NO3 has a -1 charge, the silver must have a +1 charge to balance it out and make it an overall neutral compound. So as the Ag in this case is Ag+, it's Silver(I). if it were Ag2+, it would be silver(II)
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