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When a metal combines with a non-metal (or by extension, any element or radical of low electronegativity combines with any element or radical of high electronegativity) then the non-metal takes the suffix -ide, indicating that it has been the recipient of one or more electrons in the bonding process, to which the metal has donated one or more electrons.

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In chemistry, the suffix "ide" meas it is a negative ion. Ex: Chlorine becomes Chloride when it gains an electron.

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