Chemistry: The Central Science (13th Edition)

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Chapter 2 - Atoms, Molecules, and Ions - Exercises - Page 77: 2.78c

Answer

Nitrogen dioxide.

Work Step by Step

It is named according to the rules of naming binary molecular compounds. A prefix is used to name according to the number of atoms present and the name of the second element ends with '-ide'. Thus, in $NO_{2}$, one atom of nitrogen is present (the prefix mono is not added to the first element in a compound) and two atoms of oxygen are present (Dioxide). Thus, Nitrogen dioxide.
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