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The names of monatomic anions are formed by replacing the ending of the name of the element with

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The answer is - ide.

That is how you name the anions in a ionic compound, you replace the ending of the name of the element with ide.

Some examples:

Ionic compound anion name of the anion

NaCl Cl- chloride

KF F- fluoride

NaI I- iodide

CaBr2 Br- bromide
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