Chemistry

Miguel Wilcox

3 September, 09:04

The compound ncl3 is nitrogen trichloride, but alcl3 is simply aluminum chloride. why? check all that apply. check all that apply. the compound alcl3 is an ionic compound (metal and nonmetal), and therefore does not require prefixes/-âso alcl3 is aluminum chloride. ncl3 is a molecular compound (two or more nonmetals), and therefore in its name prefixes indicate the number of each type of atom/-âso ncl3 is nitrogen trichloride. alcl3 is a molecular compound (two or more nonmetals), and therefore in its name prefixes indicate the number of each type of atom/-âso alcl3 is aluminum chloride. the compound ncl3 is an ionic compound (metal and nonmetal), and therefore does not require prefixes/-âso ncl3 is nitrogen trichloride. none of the above.