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Offline osmillieo

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« on: October 19, 2007, 06:30:05 PM »
What is the right way to name CaF2

Is it Calcium difluoride or Calcium (II) fluoride? What is the difference?
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Re: compunds
« Reply #1 on: October 19, 2007, 06:55:38 PM »
Quote from: osmillieo on October 19, 2007, 06:30:05 PM
Is it Calcium difluoride or Calcium (II) fluoride?
The second one is right.

Quote from: osmillieo on October 19, 2007, 06:30:05 PM
What is the difference?
It's just convention to write it like this.
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