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Writer Daniel Cobb

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What is the chemical name of MnO3? 3

Manganese trioxide

Manganese oxide (iii)

Manganese oxide (ii)

Manganese oxide (v)

Manganese oxide

The statement of the name is that there is no precedent for just one atom of cation, so the first part of the name is manganese. The name also commands that anion has a precedent based on the number of atoms.

Overall we would have manganese trixide.

Manganese trioxide

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