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What do the symbol represent in a chemical formula 0 atoms 1 atoms 2 atoms or the need for subscript?
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A symbol with no subscript has an implicit subscript of 1, meaning one atom of that element per formula unit.
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What is the number placed below an elements symbol in a chemical formula is called what?
subscript
What is a subscript and where is it located in a chemical formula?
In a chemical formula, a subscript is a number written to the right and slightly below the symbol for the chemical element. If the subscript is 1, it is not written. The subscripts for the chemical formula for water, H2O, are 2 for hydrogen and 1 for oxygen. The subscripts for the chemical formula for glucose, C6H12O6, are 6 for carbon, 12 for hydrogen, and 6 for oxygen.
How many O atoms are in Zn(ClO2)2?
As would be more apparent from its properly written formula, Zn(ClO3)2, each formula unit contains 6 oxygen atoms, the product of the subscript immediately following the oxygen atomic symbol and the subscript following the parenthetical formula of the chlorate polyatomic ion of which the oxygen atoms present are a part.
Where does the subscript that indicates the number of atoms relative to a chemical symbol located?
Immediately after the chemical symbol and with its base lower than the base of the chemical symbol itself.
What is the chemical symbol and formula of water?
Chemical formula (rather than 'symbol') of the pure compound: water is H2O. Mineral water is not a compound but a mixture of mainly water and some minerals dissolved in it. (The same is valid for tapwater)
The number placed below an elements symbol in a chemical formula is called a what?
it's called a subscript
If a symbol in a chemical formula does not have a a subscript after it how many atoms does it have?
One (1).
what number represents the subscript in the formula shown?
The letter or letters that represent an element are called its atomic symbol. The numbers appearing as subscripts in the chemical formula indicate the number of atoms of the element immediately before the subscript. If no subscript appears, one atom of that element is present.
What is the number placed below an elements symbol in a chemical formula is called what?
subscript
Why is the number placed below an element symbol in a chemical formula is called a subscript?
This number is the number of atoms of this element in the formula; and subscript meaning is down.
What is a subscript and where is it located in a chemical formula?
In a chemical formula, a subscript is a number written to the right and slightly below the symbol for the chemical element. If the subscript is 1, it is not written. The subscripts for the chemical formula for water, H2O, are 2 for hydrogen and 1 for oxygen. The subscripts for the chemical formula for glucose, C6H12O6, are 6 for carbon, 12 for hydrogen, and 6 for oxygen.
What is the difference between a subscript and coefficiant?
A coefficient is the number that goes before an element when your balancing the equation. And a subscript is the number after the element. Subscripts are not changed when you balance the equation.
Number of cholrine atoms in CaCl2?
2, the subscript following the chemical symbol for chlorine in the formula.
What does it mean if a chemical symbol in a chemical formula has no subscript?
There is one atom of that element in the molecule.
What is the subscript symbol for Fermium?
The chemical symbol of fermium is Fm; as a subscript in the isotopes symbols is atomic number.
What is the total number of oxygen atoms in 5CO2?
10: The total number is the product of the coefficient in front of the chemical formula and the subscript immediately following the symbol of the element asked about. If there is no subscript, a subscript of 1 is inferred.
Is N the symbol for the element nitrogen?
Yes. More exactly, the letter "N" is the symbol for a single atom of nitrogen in a chemical formula. A subscript number following the symbol indicates the number of atoms present in the particular part of a specific molecular formula, but if that number is 1, no subscript is used.
