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Do you mean subscripts like H2O (ie the 2 would be subscripted)?
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What do you use to balance charges when writing a molecule's formula?
Because the chemical formula of the molecule must be neutral.
What is an example of a subscription?
Subscripts are most familiar to use in the writing of chemical formulas such as H2O -- the 2 should be a subscript -- and in mathematics you will see variables with subscripts.
Describe the meaning of the subscripts in the formula for glucose C6H12O6?
The meaning of subscripts in a chemical formula is to indicate the number of a given atom in the molecule.
In a chemical formula what do subscripts mean?
In a chemical formula, the significance of subscripts is that it tells you how many atoms of a certain element are present in a structure.
What does it mean when there are no subscripts in a formula?
No subscripts mean only one atom in formula. Example: KCl - 1 atom of potassium, 1 atom of chlorine.
Why are subscripts in a chemical formula whole numbers?
o
Explain specifically what the subscripts mean in the molecule formula C6H12O6?
explain specifically what the subscripts mean in the molecule formula c 6 h 12 o 6
Formula for ammonium nitrite?
NH4NO2 all numbers in subscripts
What is the formula to ammonium nitrite?
NH4NO2 all numbers in subscripts
What are the subscripts for the formula unit CaO?
No subscripts are needed: The formula unit for calcium oxide contains one calcium cation with a charge of +2 and one oxide anion with a charge of -2.
An ingredient list for a compound that uses atomic symbols and subscripts?
empirical formula or molecular formula
The actual molar ratio of elements in a compound as expressed by the subscripts in a formula is expressed in what?
molecular formula
