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The chemical formula for glucose (sugar) is C6H12O6. What are the individual numbers called in a chemical formula?

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givi [52]2 years ago

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The individual numbers which are present in chemical formula is subscript.

<h3>What is chemical formula?</h3>

Chemical formula of any compound of chemistry consist more than one atoms in it and gives idea about the number of atoms present in that compound.

Given chemical formula of glucose is C₆H₁₂O₆.

In the given chemical formula of glucose, number which shows the amount of carbon, hydrogen and oxygen are known as subscripts.

Hence, individual number are subscript.

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