Respectively they represent elements and compounds.
Atomic symbols are used to represent elements, a negative (-) and a psoitive (+) represent electrons and protons, respectively. Chemicals or other compounds are often written as a combination of atomic symbols with subscripts to indicate the presence of multiple atoms.
A Chemical formula
Well, no chemical can actually represent a substance with chemical symbols, but I think you're talking about a chemical formula.
The elements that must combine to make sugar (sucrose) are C, H and O (using symbols). These represent carbon, hydrogen and oxygen, respectively.
Chemical elements are represented by symbols, not by a formula. For a complete list see the link below.
chemical symbols and formula are short hand for chemicals to save every thing being massive like rutherfordium is Rf.
Atomic symbols are used to represent elements, a negative (-) and a psoitive (+) represent electrons and protons, respectively. Chemicals or other compounds are often written as a combination of atomic symbols with subscripts to indicate the presence of multiple atoms.
A Chemical formula
Chemical Formula
roman numerals
The combination is known as a chemical formula.
chemical symbols and formula are short hand for chemicals to save every thing being massive like rutherfordium is Rf.
Well, no chemical can actually represent a substance with chemical symbols, but I think you're talking about a chemical formula.
The chemical symbols for carbon, nitrogen and sodium are C, N and Na respectively.
The elements that must combine to make sugar (sucrose) are C, H and O (using symbols). These represent carbon, hydrogen and oxygen, respectively.
chemical formula
A shorthand representation of the composition of a substance using atomic symbols and numerical subscripts is called a chemical formula.