EMPIRICALFORMULA

Empirical formula

In chemistry, the empirical formula of a chemical compound is the simplest positive integer ratio of atoms present in a compound. A simple example of this concept is that the empirical formula of hydrogen peroxide, or H2O2, would simply be HO.

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empirical formula

Noun

  1. A notation indicating the ratios of the various elements present in a compound, without regard to the actual numbers.
    The molecular formula for ethane is C2H6, while the empirical formula is CH3.


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