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What is the name of the anion $NO X_{2} X^{-}$ ?

Anitride
Bnitrite
Cnitrate
Dhyponitrite

Answer: B

Nitrogen is

+ 3

here, the lower of the two common oxidation states of the oxyanions, so the ending is -ite: nitrite (

NO X_{3} X^{-}

is nitrate).

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