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How to Write the Formula for Chlorine dioxide

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For Chlorine dioxide use the hints and resources below to help write the formula.

Hint for Writing the Formula for Chlorine dioxide

Since Cl and O are non-metals this is a molecular compound. Therefore we use prefixes.

The prefixes tells us the number of each atom.

mono di tri tetra penta hexa hepta octa non dec
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10

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