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Writing & Naming Covalent Compounds
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This video is adapted from: https://www.youtube.com/embed/MJrALdsUcu4

In this lecture I provide the framework for writing out the chemical formulas of covalent compounds from their given names and outline the procedure for naming a covalent compound displayed to you as a chemical formula.

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Geek, B. Writing & Naming Covalent Compounds. Encyclopedia. Available online: https://encyclopedia.pub/video/video_detail/643 (accessed on 05 December 2025).
Geek B. Writing & Naming Covalent Compounds. Encyclopedia. Available at: https://encyclopedia.pub/video/video_detail/643. Accessed December 05, 2025.
Geek, Biochem. "Writing & Naming Covalent Compounds" Encyclopedia, https://encyclopedia.pub/video/video_detail/643 (accessed December 05, 2025).
Geek, B. (2023, March 02). Writing & Naming Covalent Compounds. In Encyclopedia. https://encyclopedia.pub/video/video_detail/643
Geek, Biochem. "Writing & Naming Covalent Compounds." Encyclopedia. Web. 02 March, 2023.
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