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The name dinitrogen tetroxide tells you that this compound contains?
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The name Dinitrogen tetroxide tells you that the compound contains two nitrogen atoms and four oxygen atoms.
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What tells what elements a compound contains and the exaxt number of each element in a unit of that compound?
a chemical formula
The number 2 in the formula h20 tells you that each unit of this compound contains two?
Hydrogen atoms
What does the formula of a compound show?
It tells you what type of bonding whether; Ionic, Metallic, Covalent Network or Molecular Covalent. It tells you the elements that make up the compound. It also tells you the stage of matter; solid, liquid or gas. And since you known the elements you can find out really anything you want to know about it like; # of protons, # of neutrons, mass number, atomic weight, reactivity, etc.
What a compound formula tells about compound'?
It tells what elements are in a compound and the number of each type of atom in each molecule/formula unit.
What does a formula tells about a compound?
The chemical composition of the compound
What is the chemical symbol showing the elements in a compound?
The formula contains the chemical symbols and tells us what the elements are. As an example Calcium Carbonate is CaCO3 and shows that Calcium, Carbon and Oxygen are present.
What formula BaF2 tells you about this compound?
This formula tells you that the compound has one atom of the element Barium and two atoms of the element Fluorine. It is called Barium Fluoride.
Why do you use chemical symbols when writing the names of compounds?
The letters are the symbols of elements and ions that are contained in the compound. For example H2O tells us that the molecule (water) contains two atoms of hydrogen and one of oxygen. The compound water can be broken down into its separate elements in several ways.
What compound tells the cells how to make proteins?
b vbg
Why is the electromagnetic field important?
it tells you the direction of the magnetic compound
What is the percent compistion of a compound?
The percent composition of a compound tells the amount of each element in the compound as a percentage. It is possible to find if the mass of an element and the total mass of the compound is known.
A chemical formula tells what make up a and the exact of atoms of each element in a unit of compound?
A chemical formula tells what elements make up a compound and the exact number of atoms of each element in a unit of compound. :)
