What needs to be followed while writing the name of a binary ionic compound?

first metallic part does not change & non-metallic part ends with -de

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first metallic part does not change & non-metallic part ends with -yle

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first metallic part change to -in & non-metallic part ends with -ide

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the first metallic part does not change & non-metallic part ends with -ide

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The correct option is D
the first metallic part does not change & non-metallic part ends with -ide

While writing a binary ionic compound we have to remember that the first metallic part does not change but the non-metallic part ends with -ide

So for NaCl, we have to keep Na as it is " sodium" and follow it up with non-metal chlorine as "chloride"

Magnesium chloride $M g C l_{2}$

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