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Writing Acid Formulae from Names (Does the name given have the word '…

- - - - Does the acid contain the prefix 'hydro-' at the beginning of its name?
        
        No
        
        It is an oxyacid
        
        1.) Begin with writing down 'H', as, once again, hydrogen must come before any polyatomic ion
        
        2.) Based on the root of the acid included in the name of the acid, write down a skeleton formula, after the hydrogen, for the polyatomic ion, which includes an element plus oxygen (ex. nitric acid has the root nitr- in it, meaning it must be nitrogen plus oxygen 'NO')
        
        3.) Lastly, examine the suffix of the acid's name
        
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        Yes
        
        The acid is a binary/tertiary (sans oxygen) acid
        
        1.) Write 'H' as the first element in the formula, since it is most common to have hydrogen followed by the second element/polyatomic ion.
        
        2.) Based on the root of the acid's name, write the element or polyatomic ion that follows the hydrogen in the chemical formula (ex. '-fluor-': fluorine, '-chlor-': chlorine, '-cyan-': cyanide)
        
        3.) Balance the charges of the chemical formula by examining the oxidation numbers of the hydrogen in relation to the second element/compound.
        
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