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In a chemica formula coefficients indicate the number of atoms in a given molecule.
Example: K2CO3
The molecule contain two atoms of potassium so the coefficient is 2 and three atoms of oxygen so the coefficient is 3.
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∙ 9y agoThe subscripts in a formula indicate the number of molecules or atoms of the substance. For example, the substances with the formulas H20 and CO2, tells one the number of hydrogen, carbon, and oxygen atoms and how they combine in each of these substances.
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What is the coefficient for magnesium chloride and sodium fluoride?
Which coefficient ?The chemical formula of magnesium chloride is MgCl2.The chemical formula of sodium chloride is NaF..
What is the difference between a subscript and a coefficient in a chemical formula?
The subscripts tell you how the atoms are bound together. The coefficient tells you how many atoms there are.
What does a coefficient represent in a chemical formula?
It represents the amount of the substance. It can mean the number of atoms, molecules, formula units, or moles.
What is the number placed in front of a chemical formula that tells how many atoms or molecules there are in the formula?
it's a subscript
How does a subscript in a chemical formula affect balancing chemical equation?
How does a subscript affect the element just before it?
A number placed in front of a chemical formula in a chemical equation is called?
In a chemical Equation ,The reactants are on the left side of a chemical equation and the products are on the right side.The number in front of a chemical formula in a chemical equation is called atoms. They should be a balancing number on both the sides.
What is the coefficient for magnesium chloride and sodium fluoride?
Which coefficient ?The chemical formula of magnesium chloride is MgCl2.The chemical formula of sodium chloride is NaF..
What is ment by the term coefficient in relation to a chemical reaction?
A coefficient is a number written in front of a chemical formula when balancing a chemical equation. The coefficient can represent the number of atoms, molecules, formula units, or moles of the substance.
The number placed in front of a chemical symbol or formula is called?
Coefficient
A is a number in front of a formula in a chemical equation?
coefficient
What ratio can you determine using the coefficient in a chemical formula?
Integers are placed in front of the formula or a chemical symbol for and element.
When balancing a chemical equation what do you adjust?
You can only adjust the amount of a substance by adding a coefficient in front of the chemical formula. If there is no coefficient, it is understood to be 1.
What is written in front of the formula used to balance chemical equations?
A coefficient is written in front of a formula to balance a chemical equation.
What is the large number that appears in front of a chemical formula called?
a coefficient
What is the coefficient in a chemical formula?
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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 is a the small whole number that appears in front of a formula in a chemical equation?
It is the coefficient.
