Tetra means four so in a compound such as carbon tetrachloride there are four chlorine atoms
Answercarbon tetrachloride - And what exactly is the number/symbol?Do you know?Thx,Zoeegurll
boron tetra chloride
My names of chemical compounds begin with the prefix tetra, such as Carbon tetrachloride and Tetrahydrocanabinol.
Tetra stands for four. So there are four chlorine atoms in a tetrachloride.
Its name is carbon tetrachloride. Because it contains 4 chlorine
Silicon tetrachloride is the name of the compound SiCl4.
Carbon tetra chloride (CCl4) means that there are four chlorine atoms covalently bonded to a central carbon atom.
Four. That is the meaning of the prefix "tetra".
CCl4 is the formula for Carbon tetrachloride also known as tetrachloromethane.
Phosphorus tetra chloride
In carbon tetrachloride molecule,four atoms of chlorine are present.
5, one carbon & four chlorine. The prefix tetra- means four, and thus there are four chlorine atoms in a molecule of carbon tetrachloride.