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Naming Binary Acids

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A binary acid, hydrogen dissolved in water with one other nonmetal, is named hydro- plus the nonmetal's root plus -ic acid.

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Hydrogen chloride gas, HCl, dissolved in water is named hydrochloric acid, following the hydro- plus -ic acid pattern exactly.

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"Hydro-" applies only to the acid in water — the same gas HCl by itself stays named hydrogen chloride.