Rules for naming acids

An acid is a substance that produces hydrogen ions in a solution. If the anion does not contain oxygen, the acid is named with the prefix -hydro and the suffix -ic attached to the root name for the element. When the anion contains oxygen, the acid name is formed from the root name of a central element of the anion or the anion name, with a suffix of -ic or -ous. When the anion ends in -ate the suffix -ic is used. When the anion name ends in -ite the suffix 0ous is used in the acid name.