Talk:Stock nomenclature

Stock number now superseded by oxidation number in naming
IUPAC recommended that Stock number was replaced by oxidation number in 1940. The use in naming is now not restricted to ionic compounds. The latest recommendations for the naming of mixed oxidation number compounds such as Fe3O4 is iron(II) diiron(III) oxide. I would downgrade the importance of this article to Low Axiosaurus (talk) 16:50, 13 February 2013 (UTC)