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Grade 12Inorganic Chemistry

How to name oxides of Phosphorus.. ie nomenclature of oxides of Phosphorus

Profile image of Suraj Singh
9 Years agoGrade 12
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Profile image of Vikas TU
9 Years ago
There are 2 oxides of Phosphorus.
P4O6 and P4O10 respectively.
And they would be names as according to the no. of atoms the compound contains for O atoms ad ixidation state of Phosphorus.
Hence P4O6 named as: tetraphosphorus hexoxide
and
P4O10 as named as: tertaphosphorus decaoxide. 
Profile image of Suraj Singh
9 Years ago
I am talking about hypophosphorus, pyro, ortho n all dat.. .. If anyone knows the conditions of nomenclature then plz ans