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What are symbols for compounds called?

The term is formula : the combination of symbols for elements and ions that make up a compound.


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A combination of chemical symbols that show what elements make up a compound and the number of atoms of each element in the smallest unit of the compound is a chemical formula.


What uses symbols to show what elements have combined to form a compound?

This combination of symbols is known as a chemical formula.


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Search in a periodic table the chemical symbols of all chemical elements.


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Chemical formulas consist of chemical symbols and numbers. The symbols represent the elements in the compound. The numbers indicate the quantity of atoms of each element in the compound.


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Symbols for two chemical elements. It is certainly not a stable compound of the two.


Why do you use symbols for elements?

So that the chemical representation of a compound of several elements is more easily recognized, and handled in representations of reactions.


What is a method for representing a compound with atomic symbols and subscripts that shows the elements and the number of atoms of each element that combine to for a compound?

a chemical formula


What information does the chemical formula for a compound provide about the submicroscopic structure of the compound?

You can find out the elements in it, and the number of each ions of each element. Example : Na2SO4 (Sodium Sulfate) You can find out from this formula that this compound contains : 2 Sodium ions (Na2) 1 Sulfide ion (S) 4 Oxide ion (O4)