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What is the difference between a chemical symbol and a chemical formula?
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∙ 10y ago
The chemical symbol is used only for chemical elements; the chemical formula is for molecules.
Ex.: Na is the chemical symbol of sodium and NaCl is the chemical formula of sodium chloride.
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∙ 11y ago
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∙ 10y agoA chemical symbol represents a single atom of an element, but a formula represents a chemical entity with constant composition that contains at least two atoms.
A chemical symbol represents a single atom of a chemical element, but a chemical formula represents the types and numbers of atoms in a chemical entity larger than a single atom. The entity is called a molecule if the compound is covalently bonded and a formula unit if the entity is ionically bonded.
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∙ 13y agoA symbol is used as a short hand to represent a single element for example oxygen is O, phosphorus is P, iron is Fe.
A formula uses chemical symbols to show which elements are in a molecule or compound and how much. For example the oxygen molecule is O2, meaning there are two oxygen atoms, methane is CH4, meaning there is one carbon atom and 4 hydrogen atoms, and magnesium sulfate is MgSO4, meaning that there is one magnesium atom, one sulfur atom, and 4 oxygen atoms.
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∙ 13y agoA chemical symbol represents a single atom of an element, but a chemical formula gives the composition of a compound, or of an element that exists in polyatomic molecules, by including all the chemical symbols of each kind of atom in the compound and affixing a subscript number to each symbol for which more than one atom is required to form the compound or polyatomic element.
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∙ 11y agoA chemical symbol is the symbol for a single element. For example, H is the chemical symbol for hydrogen and O is the symbol for oxygen. A chemical formula represents one or more elements joined in a molecule or organic compound. It contains the chemical symbols of the elements and subscripts to indicate the number of atoms of each element in a molecule, or the smallest whole number ratio of elements in an ionic compound. For example, H2 represents a molecule of hydrogen gas in which there are two atoms of hydrogen per molecule. H2O represents a molecule of water, in which there are two hydrogen atoms and one oxygen atom per molecule.
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∙ 12y agoThe symbol of an element represents that element (e.g. Molybdenum - Mo)
The formula of an element is how many atoms of that element there are (e.g. 2 Oxygens in a pair - O2)
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∙ 12y agoFormula is made out of chemical symbols
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What is the difference between a symbol and a formula?
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What is the difference between a chemical formula equation and symbol?
A symbol usually only has one or two letters in it and a formula usually has a group/combination of symbols
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What is difference between a chemical symbol and a chemical formula?
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Is there a difference between silica and silicon?
Yes. Silica is a compound with the formula SiO2, while silicon is an element with symbol Si. There are many chemical and physical differences between them.
What is the chemical formula for phosphorous and chlorine?
The chemical symbol (not formula) of phosphorous is P; the chemical symbol (not formula) of chlorine is Cl.
What is the chemical symbol for indium?
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What is the chemical symbol for nickel II phosphide?
The chemical formula (not symbol) is NiBr2.
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The chemical formula (not symbol) of sodium sulfide is Na2S.
What is the chemical formula for indium?
The chemical symbol (not formula) of indium is In.
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.
