Guyton de Morveau, a French chemist, created a system for naming compounds that is still used today. For example, he said that a compound of zinc and chorine is called zinc chloride. Which of the
following is true about de Morveau's naming system?
A. The non-metallic atom is last.
B. The metallic atom is last.
C. The larger atom is first.
D. The smaller atom is first.