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Unit - 5.1 Language of Chemistry — CHEMISTRY STD 8 — Question

ICSE BoardEnglish MediumSTD 8CHEMISTRYUnit - 5.1 Language of Chemistry2 Marks
Question
What do you understand by the term chemical formula?
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Answer

The chemical formula of a compound means the symbolic representation of the composition of a compound. A chemical formula for a molecule is represented by the group of symbols of the elements that constitute the molecule, and the number of atoms of each element present in one molecule.

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