| I am finding nomenclature a bit of a struggle.
there are four different methods used IUPAC,the oxygen-acid system devised by De Morveau and Lavoisier used for the majority of the common compounds and the system used for coordination compounds.
Most common ions use the Lavoisier system which is the hypo-ite, ite, ate, per-ate system which depends on the number of oxygens in the ion. Since sulfur and oxygen are similar in their chemistry, sulfur can sometimes replace oxygen in a ternary compound. The replacement of one oxygen with one sulfur is denoted by the additional prefix thio. Multiple replacement, which is rare, is denoted by additional numeric prefixes as dithio or trithio.
this all reminds me more of learning Latin than learning chemistry. the quote "If it's not physics then it's just stamp collecting" has never seamed more true. |
Periodic Table 
The Nine Planets 
Digits of Pi
