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  • Anions, formed by nonmetal atoms, are named last by replacing the ending of the element name with -ide.
 
     
  • Examples:
       
    • Cl   −   change chlorine to chloride
    • Br   −   change bromine to bromide
    • S−2   −   change sulfur to sulfide
    • N−3   −   change nitrogen to nitride
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