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KATRIN_1 [288]
3 years ago
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What do subscripts represent in a chemical formula?

Chemistry
1 answer:
nekit [7.7K]3 years ago
8 0
The numbers appearing as subscripts indicate the number of atoms of the element immediately before the subscript. So when you see H2O, you know there are two hydrogens because a two follows the H.
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