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E L E M E N T S I R-3.6

The generic terms pnictide, chalcogenide and halogenide (or halide) are commonly used
in naming compounds of the pnictogens, chalcogens and halogens.
Although lanthanoid means ‘like lanthanum’ and so should not include lanthanum,
lanthanum has become included b y c ommon usage. S imilarly, actinoid. The ending ‘ide’
normally indicates a n egative i on, and therefore lanthanoid and actinoid are preferred to
lanthanide and actinide.

IR-3.6 R E F E R E N C E S

1. Naming of New Elements, W.H. K oppenol, Pure Appl. Chem., 74, 7 87–791 (2002).
2. Recommendations for the Naming of Elements of Atomic Numbers G reater Than 100,
J. Chatt, Pure Appl. Chem., 51, 3 81–384 (1979).
3. Quantities, Units and Symbols in Physical Chemistry, Second Edn., eds. I. Mills,
T. Cvitas, K. Homann, N . K allay and K. Kuchitsu, Blackwell Scientific Publications,
Oxford, 1993. (The Green Book. The third edition is in preparation.)
4. Nomenclature of Inorganic Chemistry II, IUPAC Recommendations 2000, e ds.
J.A. M cCleverty and N.G. Connelly, Royal Society of Chemistry, 2001. (Red Book I I.)
5. Names for Muonium and Hydrogen Atoms a nd Their Ions, W.H. K oppenol, Pure Appl.
Chem., 73, 3 77–379 (2001).
6. Nomenclature of Organic Chemistry IUPAC Recommendations, W .H. Powell and
H. Favre, R oyal Society of Chemistry, in preparation.
7. W.B. Pearson, A H andbook of Lattice Spacings and Structures of Metals and Alloys,
Vol. 2, Pergamon Press, O xford, 1967, pp. 1,2. For tabulated lattice parameters and
data on elemental m etals a nd semi-metals, see pp. 79–91. See also, P. Villars and
L.D. Calvert, Pearson’s Handbook of Crystallographic Data for Intermetallic Phases,
Vols. 1–3, American Society for Metals, Metals Park, Ohio, USA, 1985.
8. The alternative spelling ‘pnicogen’ is also used.

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