Question

What do you understand by trivial names of compounds?

Answer 1

Trivial names:

• Trivial names are also called common names.
• A trivial name is a nonsystematic name for a chemical substance.
• Trivial names are not considered according to the rules of any formal system of chemical nomenclatures such as IUPAC nomenclature.

For example:

• The common or trivial name of potassium nitrate(${\mathrm{KNO}}_3$) is nitre or saltpetre.