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  • Phosphorus Pentafluoride (PF5): Name and Chemical Composition
    PF5 is called phosphorus pentafluoride.

    Here's how we arrive at the name:

    * P represents the element phosphorus.

    * F represents the element fluorine.

    * The subscript 5 indicates there are five fluorine atoms.

    * Since it's a covalent compound (nonmetal with nonmetal), we use prefixes to denote the number of each element. "Penta" means five.

    Therefore, the complete name is phosphorus pentafluoride.

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