What exactly are the differences between these suffixes? I saw a question on destroyer that expected you to know the difference between sulfide and sulfite so I'm guessing questions like these pop on the DAT too. THanks!
What exactly are the differences between these suffixes? I saw a question on destroyer that expected you to know the difference between sulfide and sulfite so I'm guessing questions like these pop on the DAT too. THanks!
"Ate" and "Ite" have to do with oxygen compounds. The "Ate" has the higher value of Oxygens, and the "Ite" has the lesser value. I remember it as " I "ATE" to much O2!". Weird, but it helps. The "Ide" deals with monoatomic ions that are by themselves with their natural charge/oxidation numbers, such as Flouride, (-1), Sulfide (-2), etc.
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