Covalent Bonding

• Covalent Bonding is the type of chemicals bonding that occurs between two non metals.
• prefix for one atom

  mono-
• prefix for two atoms

  di-
• prefix for three atoms

  tri
• prefix for four atoms

  tetra
• prefix for 5 atoms

  penta
• prefix for 6 atoms

  hexa
• prefix for seven atoms

  hepta
• prefix for 8 atoms


  octa
• prefix for nine atoms

  nona
• prefix for ten atoms

  deca
• the suffix added to covalent compound names is

  -ide
• The name of the compound Si4F is

  Tetrasillicon Flouride
• The name of the compound HCl is

  Hydrogen Chloride