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Old October 7th, 2005, 12:32
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Some of the answers are correct, but not all.

Here is what they should be according to IUPAC rules:

FeCl2 - Iron(II) chloride
TiCl4 - Titanium(IV) chloride
CoS - Cobalt(II) sulfide
FeBr3 - Iron(III) bromide
NaNO2 - Sodium nitrite
Li3PO4 - Lithium phosphate
ICl3 - Iodine Trichloride
Pl3 - Phosphorus triiodide
SO2 - Sulfur dioxide

Remember, if you have a metal and non-metal, their charges tell you how many of each there are; therefore you don't say iron dichoride, nor titanium tetrachloride (although I think that is the common name for TiCl4). If you use a metal that has more than one possible charge, you must denote which charge you are using in the name with a Roman numeral. When two different non-metals bond, then you must use prefixes to denote how many of each you have.