Chemistry Nomenclature Quiz Program    

 

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▹ Nomenclature web app ◃

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Sample Questions

Write the name for the following compounds:

  • Mg(BrO3)2
  • Fe3(PO3)2
  • P2O5
  • WSe2
  • (NH4)2Cr2O7

Write the formulas for the following compounds:

  • sodium hypochlorite
  • manganese (VI) phosphate
  • calcium hydrogen carbonate
  • ammonium acetate
  • nitrous oxide

• practice naming inorganic compounds

• ideal for high school / first year college

• write formulas from names and vice versa

• help screens

• print results and scores for quizzes

 

Types of compounds

  • multivalent ions
  • polyatomic ions
  • oxyanions
  • covalent compounds
  • and many more ...

 

Version

Date

Notes

7.0
JavaScript

Aug 2025

Completely rewritten in Javascript (Typescript, VueJS, Pinia)

  • Available online
  • Simple covalent compounds now take electronegativity into account
  • Complex covalent can have alternate names
Previous versions can be downloaded below

6.13
Java

May 2015

Minor fix:

  • fixed error in manganese and other multivalent cations
  • fixed error in ions.dat (phosphite ion has a -3 charge)

6.12
Java

April 2015

Minor fix:

  • fix bug in printing results
  • there is still an error in some Manganese compounds

6.11
Java

December 2014

Program completely rewritten in Java.

  • subversions 1-10 were attempts to get it working and bug fixes

5.1
.exe

September 2011

NOTE: this probably will not run on Windows 7 or higher. It runs on Windows XP.

Minor fixes:

  • anion display in helpscreen was messy

5.0

June 16, 2010

Program completely re-written using Visual Basic

  • added ability to print scores

4.0

?

Original DOS program by Denis Trankner

  • Also handles -ous and -ic forms
    (Classical system)
  • Included in the Nomen5x.zip file

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