Al2s3 Compound Name

Al2S3 is a chemical compound composed of two atoms of aluminum and three atoms of sulfur, with a molecular formula of Al2S3. The name of this compound can be determined from its constituent elements.

The first part of the compound name is "aluminum," which is the name of the metal element that makes up two of the atoms in the compound. The second part of the name is "sulfur," which is the non-metal element that makes up the remaining three atoms in the compound.

To combine the names of these two elements into the compound name, we use a naming convention based on the relative numbers of each element present in the molecule. In this case, since there are two atoms of aluminum and three atoms of sulfur, we need to use numerical prefixes to specify the numbers of each element.

The prefix for two is "di-", and the prefix for three is "tri-". Therefore, the full name of the compound is "aluminum tri-sulfide".