Chemical Nomenclature of Berzelius. 251 
stantive, as oxde, sulphuret, and to the other component the termina- 
tion ous, or ic, forming the adjective, as for example, sulphurous, 
sulphuric. The substantive is formed from the oo 
component, the adjective from the electro-positive. This rule should 
be strictly observed, that there may be nothing ee in the no- 
menclature. When the more electro-positive elem in a binary 
combination, belongs to the class of metalloids, or to that of the 
electro-negative metals, the termination ide is generally ip to the 
name derived from the more electro-negative component;(3) bu 
when the more electro-positive element is an elec coos metal, 
the termination uret is applied to the electro-negative component. 
Thus, for example, we say, arsenious sulphide, sodic sulphuret. 
The termination ous given to the more electro-positive element, de- 
notes a combination in a lower proportion than that expressed by ie, 
and qualifies the proportion of the electro-negative element. Pro- 
portions lower than either one of these are expressed by prefixing 
hypo to the name of the compound with which the proportions of 
the element are compared, and higher proportions by prefixing hyper. 
Thus we have sulphuric acid, hyposulphuric acid, sulphurous acid, 
hyposulphurous acid, hypermolybdic sulphide. Sometimes the ate 
(3) In the appleston nsf this role to the case of the combination of two electro- 
negative bodie: ust a geri hae certain extent, ee the author of the ie 
tem: since it ‘s pebers pais ily. th he termination ide is to be given to the mo: 
electro-negative body. Examples ai ie from a rigid adherence to this ils 
are quite frequent. 
The substances, in each of the classes which compose the table of simple bodies, 
being sively nearly in the order in which the author considers it most convenient 
to treat them, and not with oe to their electrical relations, a table in which 
the substances are ping he ording to the electro-negative order is subjoined. 
(See Berzelius, Vol. 1V, p. 5 
Oxygen. net Mercury. Thorium. 
Sulphur. Antimony. Iver. irconium. 
Nitrogen. Tellurium. Copper. - Aluminium. 
Fluorine. Tantalum Uranium i 
Chlorine. Titanium. Bismuth Glucinium. 
Bromine Silicium. Ti Magnesium 
ne Hydrogen Lead. Cal 
Seleniu Cadmium Strontium. 
Phosphorus 1 Cobalt. Barium 
Arsenic. Osmium Nickel Lithium 
Chromium. Iridium Sodium. 
Molybdenum. Platinum Potassium. 
Zinc. 
Tungsten. Rhodium. Manganese. Trans. 
Boron. Palladium. Cerium. 
