What is the ionic compound name for nh4cl?

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Mar 15, 2018

Ammonium chloride

Explanation:

"NH"_4"Cl" is made up of "NH"_4""^+ and "Cl"^-

For a halogen "X"_2, the diatomic molecule has the suffix -ine and the ion ("X"^-) has the suffix -ide. So, "Cl"^- would be chloride.

"NH"_4""^+ is given the name ammonium.

When we combine these to get "NH"_4"Cl", wecombine the names to get ammonium chloride.

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