The subscript in a chemical formula represents the amount of that atom in that compound's formula.
The subscript in a chemical formula represents the amount of that atom in that compound's formula.
The subscript in the chemical formula of ammonia, NH₃, represents the number of atoms of each element in the molecule. In this case, it indicates that there is one nitrogen atom and three hydrogen atoms in the ammonia molecule.
The number representing the charge in an ion is not written in subscript in a chemical formula.
Na4C...the 4 represents Sodium's subscript, which is 4.
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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.
Not every chemical formula requires subscript. For example table salt is NaCl, sodium chloride. No subscript. But most chemical formulae do require subscript, such as water, H2O.
The subscript is mentioned only in a chemical formula.3 FeCl3 in a chemical reaction is not similar to Fe3O4 in a chemical formula.
The subscript in a chemical formula refers to the number of atoms of that element present in the molecule. It is a small number written at the lower right of the element symbol. For example, in the formula H2O, the subscript 2 indicates that there are two hydrogen atoms in each water molecule.
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.
a subscript Number of atoms of that element in the molecule.
It not only can change but really DOES change the formula.Changing the subscript in a chemical formula changes the number of atoms to which the particular subscript belongs. Doing this will change the formula completely, making it representative of another substance completely.