Binary Acids - Compounds containing hydrogen and a monatomic non-metal.

• The prefix hydro- and the suffix -ic is added to the root name of the non-metal.

Ternary Acids (Oxyacids) - Compounds containing hydrogen and a polyatomic non-metal.

• When the polyatomic ion ends in -ate, the suffix is changed to -ic
• When the polyatomic ion ends in -ite, the suffix is changed to -ous

Acid Salts - A compound in which a metal ion replaces one or more, but not all of the hydrogen ions in a polyprotic acid.

• Polyprotic acid - acid having more than one hydrogen.
• The metal is named first, using its usual element name.
• One hydrogen remaining = "hydrogen" or the prefix "bi-"
• Two hydrogens remaining = "dihydrogen"

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