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How can you tell if an ion is a polyatomic ion if all you have is the name?

I can't seem to figure this out! Please help me out!

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Answer: All the elements on the periodic table start with a capital letter and only some of them have a second letter that is lower case. So if you see two capital letters together in a ion then you will know that it is a polyatomic.

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All the elements on the periodic table start with a capital letter and only some of them have a second letter that is lower case. So if you see two capital letters together in a ion then you will know that it is a polyatomic.

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