nomenclature number 2

In the last section of nomenclature we learned how to name acids. An acid is a poly atomic ion that has a positive hydrogen atom. This hydrogen atom must be shared with other compounds in order for it to be an acid. If it does not have an oxygen atom in it. It is named with a hydro-ic. Hydro-  for the beginning and -ic at the end.  if the original compound without the hydrogen ended in -ate the ending of the acid is -ic.  If the original compound ended in -ite then the acid ends in -ous.