subscript
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Per convention, formulas contain whole- number subscripts, which can be achieved by dividing each subscript by the smaller subscript:
From Textbooks ● Feb. 14, 2019
A molecule of oxygen, O2, contains two oxygen atoms; the subscript 2 in the formula must be used to distinguish the diatomic molecule from two single oxygen atoms.
From Textbooks ● Feb. 14, 2019
In this case, dividing by the smallest subscript still leaves us with a decimal subscript in the empirical formula.
From Textbooks ● Feb. 14, 2019
Let g be the subscript for the G Shift and b be the subscript for the B Shift.
From Textbooks ● Nov. 29, 2017
Later, for no special reason, the fashion became to render the number as subscript: H2O.
From "A Short History of Nearly Everything" by Bill Bryson
Vocabulary lists containing subscript
Chemistry - High School
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Chemical Reactions - Middle School
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