The rules for Organic and Inorganic Chemical Nomenclature have been standardized by chemists. This is so that researchers in different labs can share their results without confusion.
Sodium chloride is the same in the U.S. as it is in China.
In this class we will be focused upon the naming of inorganic compounds. Failure to complete this preliminary assignment will crush your g. The smallest particle of an element that retains all of the chemical and physical properties of that element. A positively charged ion. Cations are formed when an atom or group of atoms loses one or more electrons.