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Description of what letters, numbers and parenthesis mean in a chemical formula

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Source: A Natural Approach to Chemistry, Lori Blomme

Reading a Chemical Formula - Breaking Down Molecules

A video on how to read a chemical formula and figure out what elements and how many of each element make up various compounds.

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Source: Uploaded by dcmurray25 on Nov 21, 2011

Chemical Formulas

brief description of what letters, numbers and parenthesis mean in a chemical formula.

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Source: lori blomme

Practice Identifying Composition of Compounds

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