3 years ago

Sodium bicarbonate is the chemical name for baking powder. Its chemical formula is NaHCO3. What does the subscript 3 mean?

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Three atoms of oxygen

Arada [10]3 years ago

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Answer: subscript 3 mean 3 oxygen atoms

Explanation: NaHCO3 is an ionic compound which when dissolved in water gets dissociated into its constituent ions that are Na+ and HCO3- .

Thus the subscript 3 explains the number of oxygen that are attached to the carbon in the hydrogen carbonate ion.

The structure of the following is given below -

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