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3 Chemical Formula
 What is Chemical Formula?

It is representation of a chemical substance using

alphabets to represent the atoms and subscript numbers to
show the number of each type of atoms found in the
elementary entities of the substances.
Examples

Magnesium – Mg
Oxygen gas -
Water -
Aluminium oxide -
Type of chemical formula

•Empirical formula
•Molecular formula
Empirical Formula

The chemical formula that shows the simplest ratio

of the number of atoms of each element in a
compound.
Molecular formula

The chemical formula that shows the actual number

of atoms of each element found in a molecule of a
compound.
Examples

Substance Molecular formula Empirical formula

Water

Ammonia
Hydrazine
Propene

Benzene CH