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A chemical formula is the "name" of the molecule of the substance. For example Water's chemical formula is H2O, it represent how many atoms of each element are involved. There are 2 hydrogen and 1 oxygen in the above example.
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∙ 13y ago
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∙ 14y agoA chemical formula identifies each element by its chemical symbol and indicates the number of atoms of each element found in each molecule of that compound.
Instead of showing the true structure of that molecule, it just tells you what kinds of elements are present and how many of them there are.
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∙ 11y agoA
chemical formula
or
molecular formula
is a way of expressing information about the atoms that constitute a particular chemical compound
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∙ 9y agoA chemical formula is often used in sciences like chemistry. Its definition is that it is a type of expression using for noting atoms within molecules.
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∙ 11y agoChemical formulas represent the type and the number of atoms in the molecules. The chemical formula H2O(water) means 2 hydrogen atoms and an oxygen molecule.
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∙ 11y agoThe chemical formula is a representation of the chemical composition of a compound.
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∙ 11y agoA chemical formula describe and identify a chemical compound.
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∙ 11y agoA chemical formula indicates the numbers and kinds of atoms in a molecule, or the lowest whole number ratio of ions in an ionic compound.
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What is meant by the term reactants in terms of chemical changes?
Nature of reactants refers to chemical identities of the reactants.
What is the formula for Aluminum carbonite?
Silver carbonite is not a chemical compound, it is the color scheme for a number of computer peripherals. If this was meant to be silver carbonate the chemical formula for this chemical compound is Ag2CO3.
What is the chemical formula for lithium oxide?
Li2O.Li2O is the formula of lithium oxide.
What phase is CaO?
If you meant it by the chemical formula, than it is calcium oxide. Calcium oxide is a solid material.
Is the formula HCI a base?
If you meant HCl, Hydrochloric Acid, it is a strong acid and not a base. A way to tell if it is an acid is that it has an H+ in the chemical formula. Most of the time, if it is a base it has an OH- attached to the chemical formula, but this is not necessarily true for all bases.
What is meant by the term reactants in terms of chemical changes?
Nature of reactants refers to chemical identities of the reactants.
Chemical formula for calium carbonate?
Assuming you meant calCium carbonate, than the chemical formula is CaCO3
What is the chemical formula of nitrus oxide?
The formula for nitrous oxide, presumably what the questioner meant, is NO.
What chemical is HFaq?
HFaq is not a chemical formula, but probably "HF (aq)" was meant. That is called "hydrofluoric acid."
What is the formula of the hydrogen atom?
the chemical formula of a hydrogen molecule is written H2 ( the 2 is meant to be small )
How do you use the term chemical formula in a sentence?
"The chemical formula for rayon was discovered around 1855." "Alfred Nobel, for whom the Peace Prize is named, developed the chemical formula for dynamite."
What is meant by the simplest frormula of a compound?
Probable you think to an empirical chemical formula.
What is the science term for sugar?
Glucose, or C6H12O6 is the chemical formula.
What chemical equation term is used for the chemical formula to the right of the arrow?
You think probable to products of a chemical reaction.
What is the term for the numbers that appear in the chemical formula of some compounds?
subscripts
Which is the term for numbers that appear in the chemical formula of some compound?
subscript
What is meant by the term petrochemical refining?
This is a chemical engineering process - the refining of petroleum.
