How many parts are there in the name of an ionic compound?

Answer 1

The name of the cation followed by the name of the anion. If the cation is a single atomic cation, its name is the same as the name of the element (followed by the oxidation state number of the metal in the cation in Roman numbers within parentheses, if the cation is formed from an element that has two distinct stable oxidation states). If the anion is a single atom anion, its name is made from the element name by changing the ending "-ine", if present in the element name, to "-ide" or otherwise modifying the element name to end in "-ide" (e.g., carbide, nitride, oxide, sulfide, etc.). Polyatomic cations and anions have individual names.

Answer 2

Each ionic compound has a name that identifies the two types of ions it contains.