Why is Chlorine Fluoride called "Chlorine Fluoride" rather than "Fluorine Chloride"? As I was taught in school that normally that when nonmetal combine with nonmetal then we write the compound with lower atomic number first.
Asked by jatin452002 | 6th Jun, 2017, 01:42: PM
Expert Answer:
Fluorine is clearly the electronegative atom here in ClF.
Thus the name would be Chlorine fluoride.
Answered by Vaibhav Chavan | 6th Jun, 2017, 06:04: PM
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