Notes on Nonmetal-Nonmetal Formulas

Nonmetals can bond with other nonmetals – called covalent compounds
share valence electrons
named differently

Use FGP (Fake Greek Prefixes) to identify the number of atoms in formulas
1 – mono
2 – di
3 – tri
4 – tetra
5 – penta
6 – hexa
7 – hepta
8 – octa
9 – nona
10 – deca