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1、Chapter2NomenclatureofInorganicChemistry2・1ChemicalLanguageThesubjectsofnamingchemicalsubstances,orchemicalnomenclature,andwritingchemical"equations^arebasictocommunicationinthesocietyofchemists・Thelanguageofchemistryhasevolvedandimprovedwiththeunderstandingofchemi
2、calprinciples・Forthisreason,anunderstandingofchemicallanguageinnotonlyusefulforcommunicating,butreflectsanunderlyingunderstandingoftheconceptsofchemistry.Theabilitytonamecommonchemicalcompoundsisabsolutelyessentialforsuccessinageneralchemistrycourse・Chemicallanguag
3、eissimilartootherhumanlanguages,withelementsymbolsformingthealphabet,chemicalformulasthewords,chemicalequationsthesentencesandmultistcpchemicalprocessestheparagraphs・Commercialproductionprocessesarechaptersinthestoryofchemistry・Genetics,pollutionanddiseasecomprisee
4、ntirevolumes・Abbreviationsandphonemesare(unfortunately)extensivelyusedalso,particularlyinareaswherelong,complicatednamesarefound,suchasorganicchemistryandbiochemistry・Storysettingcorrespondstothereactionconditions,andplotdevelopmenttoreactionyieldsandpathways.Wesha
5、llexploreanumberofchemicalgrammarsandshowhowtosolvesimpleproblemsrelatedtostructureandnomenclature・Unfortunately,partlyduetohistoricalprecedentandpartlyduetoconceptuallimitations,thereisnoultimatechemicallanguagewhichdescribesuniquelyeverythingknownaboutamaterial,i
6、neludingmolecularstructureandchemicalproperties,anditmaybeassumedthatchemicalconceptsyettobediscoveredwillleadtonewwaysofdescribingthatknowledge・Forthisreason,severaldifferentsystemsofterminologyareinusetoday,eachwithadvantagesanddisadvantages・Thebestwecandohereist
7、ointroduceafewcommunicationmethodsstudentsarclikelytoencounterinintroductorycourses.2.2NomenclatureofElements2.2.1ChemicalSymbolsAchemicalsymbolisanabbreviationorshortenedversionofthenameofachemicalelement.Eachelementhasitsownuniquesymbol.Asymbolbothidentifiesaspec
8、ificelementandrepresentsanatomofthatelement.Theuseofachemicalsymboltorepresentachemicalsubstancegoesbacktoancienttimes・Alchemistshaddesignedarcan