Your paragraph containing Explain how the name of each compound describes the chemical composition of the compound.
Use the compounds from the table as examples to help in your explanation.

1) Carbon tetrabromide, CBr₄

The name of the compound describes the the chemical composition of the compound by

a) Making mention of the elements in the compound, which are carbon and bromine

b) Specifying the quantity of the element that has more than one atom per mole of the compound, by making mention of the number in Roman

Here there are four bromine atoms per mole which is mentioned as tetra before the cation is mentioned as bromide or ide for-1 oxidation state for  the halogens

c) Indicating the oxidation state of the cation

2) Magnesium oxide, MnO

The name of the compound describes the the chemical composition of the compound by

a) Making mention of the elements in the compound, which are magnesium and oxygen

b) Specifying the quantity of the elements as one each by leaving out the numbering suffix in the name

c) Indicating the oxidation state of the cation, oxygen, as an oxide with a -2 charge

3) Magnesium Nitrate Mn(NO₃)₂

The name of the compound describes the the chemical composition of the compound by

a) Making mention of the elements and groups in the compound, which are magnesium and bitrate group

b) Specifying the group by the group name which consists of a means to determine the detailed content of the group

c) Indicating the oxidation state of the group, nitrate, which has  with a -1 charge

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answer: mercury

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