Why is the chemical name for the combination of Nitrogen and Oxygen Nitric Oxide (NO) and not Oxide Nitric (ON)?
Is there a rule as to why the N in nitrogen comes before the O in oxygen when writing it’s chemical name?
I hope this makes sense…
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It’s like alphabetical order in the periodic table. Nitrogen (N) comes before Oxygen (O), hence Nitric Oxide (NO) rather than Oxide Nitric (ON).
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