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It depends on the compound. Water, H2O, contains the elements hydrogen, H, and oxygen, O; and sodium nitrate, NaNO3, contains the elements sodium, Na, nitrogen, N, and oxygen, O.
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A notion that shows what elements a compound contains and the ratio of the atoms or ions of these elements in the compound?
A chemical formula shows what elements a compound contains, and the ratio of the atoms or ions of the elements in the compound.
What information is needed to calculate the percent composition of a compound?
The formula of the compound and the Atomic Mass of its elements.
The chemical formula of a compound does not indicate?
The chemical formula of a compound does not indicate the way that elements are joined in the compound. Chemical formulas tell you the identity of the elements in the compound and the relative proportions of the elements.
What shows the elements in a compound?
Formula
What has a combination of letters and numbers that indicates which elements make up a compound?
It is the chemical formula of a compound. It helps to identify the elements and their ratios i the compound. Also it is easy to use the formula to describe a compound.
What shows the elements present in a compound?
Formula
What is a symbol that shows the elements in a compound and the ratio of atoms?
You think probable to the chemical formula of a molecule.
What a compound is and how compounds are formed?
Compounds are made by elements bonding together. They are represented by the chemical formula. The chemical formula shows the elements and their ratios in the compound.
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 an empirical formula show?
the empirical formula of a compound tells you the proportions of the elements in the compound. with that information you can make some inferences about the identity of the compound. for example a compound with an empirical formula CH4 tells us that for every carbon atom there are four hydrogen atoms. this means that the compound is methane because no other hydrocarbon can have these roportions (try drawing the lewis structure for C2H8, which doesnt exist. you cant!)
What compound and elements are in MgS?
The name of the compound with this formula is "magnesium sulfide".
Shows the ratio of elements in a compound?
The chemical formula of the compound shows the ratio of the atoms of elements in a compound. This must not be confused with the ratio of their masses.
