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The subscript is the number of atoms.
Example: U3O8
Uranium octoxide has 3 uranium atoms and 8 oxygen atoms.
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What is the purpose of a subscript in a chemical equation?
the purpose of a subscript is to tell how many atoms of that chemical is used in the formulaThe number of atoms of the same element in the molecule ~APEX
The elements that make up a compound and the exact number of atoms of each element in a unit of the compound can be?
Subscript (:This is a subscript: (Na2) the "2" is the Subscript.
What is a number written below an element or atom called?
Subscript
The small number used to represent the number of ions of a given element in a chemical formula?
subscript
What does subscript indicate in a chemical formula?
The number of atoms of the same element in the molecule
If element A has a valance number of 3 and element B has a valence number of 2 If you combine them both what formula for the resulting compound be of subscript number of element B?
The chemical formula will be A2B3.
How is the number of atoms of a specific element in a compound denoted by?
The subscript to the left of the element symbol (unless it doesn't have a subscript; then the number of of atoms in the element is 1)
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 does the subscript indicate in the chemical formula?
The number of atoms of that element in the molecule
The number to the lower right on an element symbol indication the number of atoms of that element?
i had the same question on my science homework!
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 purpose of a subscript in a chemical equation?
the purpose of a subscript is to tell how many atoms of that chemical is used in the formulaThe number of atoms of the same element in the molecule ~APEX
The elements that make up a compound and the exact number of atoms of each element in a unit of the compound can be?
Subscript (:This is a subscript: (Na2) the "2" is the Subscript.
What is a number written below an element or atom called?
Subscript
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.
A formula is used to represent what in chemistry?
Either a single atom of the element, if there is no subscript number in the formula, or the number of atoms of the element commonly joined to each other in a polyatomic but mono-elemental molecule of the element if the formula does include a subscript number.
What does a subscript indicate in a formula?
The number of atoms of the same element in the molecule
