What would be the formula for diphosphorus pentoxide?
February 20th, 2023
Here’s my thought process:
From name: phosphorus ##->## ##”P”##
“di” ##->## ##2##
From name: oxide ##->## ##”O”##
Anion stem: “ox”
“pent” (instead of “penta”, since “ox” starts with a vowel) ##->## ##5##
##->## ##”P”_2″O”_5## (empirical formula)