The second word describes the last part of the compound. If we look at H 2 S , the name is Hydrogen sulfide . There is SULF and then they finish the word with IDE . Most compound names end with IDE . You should know that even though there are two electrons involved in a bond, those electrons are used in different ways.
Ionic bonds happen when electrons are given up by one atom to another.
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