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Atomic weight. It's always the bigger number.
What is a number written below and to the side of a chemical symbol is called?
The number found below the element symbol on the periodic table is the atomic number. The atomic number is the total number of protons located in the nucleolus of the atom.
It is the atomic number of the element.
The average Atomic Mass
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it's called a subscript
The subscript represents the number of atoms of that element in the molecule.
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Atomic weight. It's always the bigger number.
The number below the symbol in the periodic table of elements is the relative atomic mass. It is calculated by taking the mass of all of the ions of an element and working out the mass based on the percentage occurrence of each ion.
This number is the atomic number.
What is a number written below and to the side of a chemical symbol is called?
A symbol with three legs joined together. See the link below.
Chemical elements have not a formula, but a chemical symbol. For the list see the link below.