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This flowchart will tell you whether you need to use prefixes, Roman Numerals, or neither when you're naming compounds in Chemistry.                   Polyatomic! (prefix: Y RN's: maybe) YES Are there more than two different elements? NO Do you have any metals?   YES NO     Do you have a transition metal?   Covalent! (prefix: Y RN's: N) YES NO   Binary Ionic w/ Transition Metal! (prefix: N RN's: Y)   Binary Ionic! (prefix: N RN's: N)