Re: Nomenclature for Stannous Oxide

Date: Mon Nov 20 15:59:23 2000
Posted By: Dan Berger, Faculty Chemistry/Science, Bluffton College
Area of science: Chemistry
ID: 974405941.Ch

Message:


Formally, SnO2 could be tin(II) peroxide. But my copy of the CRC Handbook 
doesn't list such a compound. 

Compounds of tin(II) are "stannous"; those of tin(IV) are "stannic." So SnO2
would be "stannic oxide" or "tin dioxide."

                                                    Dan Berger

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