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  • Naming Calcium Chloride: Understanding Ionic Compound Nomenclature
    When naming the compound containing calcium and chlorine, you change the suffix of the nonmetal (chlorine) to -ide.

    Here's why:

    * Calcium is a metal, and its name remains unchanged in the compound name.

    * Chlorine is a nonmetal. When forming a binary ionic compound (two elements), we change the ending of the nonmetal's name to "-ide".

    Therefore, the name of the compound containing calcium and chlorine is calcium chloride.

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