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Why are compound formulae not rendering properly using \ce tag?
Basically, everywhere I use the \ce tag on chemistry stack exchange, I get wrong formulae. The subscripts are becoming superscripts while the superscripts are becoming subscripts. Is it just me or is ...
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MathJax mhchem editor
Is there a tool (application, online service) that helps writing the ugly formatting MathJax + mhchem code? I mean things like just typing Ctrl-B to get the selected text to bold is something else ...
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Is there a site on ChemSE to practice mhchem and mathjax?
Is there a site on ChemSE to practice mhchem and mathjax? Or does one just learn while asking or answering a question.
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Formatting problem with \tag markup
I tried adding the following markup to an answer.
$$\ce{Zn(s) + Cu^{2+}(aq) → Zn^{2+}(aq) + Cu(s)}\tag{Open Circuit voltage 1.1018 V}$$
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Undefined control sequence \pu in official SE Android app
For some reason content produced with \pu{} cannot be rendered properly in official Stack Exchange android app, though \ce{} ...
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How to render Angstrom and Parts-per notations in MathJax?
Summary: Angstrom, Parts per thousand, Parts per Ten-Thousand cannot be displayed.
Prior efforts: Searched Google and Detexify.
Angstrom.
(The letter), (the diacritic mark).
The detexify (...
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What additional formatting features are available to MathJax (possibly via \require{})?
In his answer to a question about crossing out units in dimensional analysis, Loong notes that the \cancel{} LaTeX command can be enabled in MathJax by using ...
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Dimensional analysis with chemistry equations on stack exchange?
I know we use Mathjax/mhchem.
What I would like to know, is if its possible to cross out units as part of dimensional analysis.
Here is an example of the desirable effect:
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How to write physical units
Units have to be written in an upright font. One normally does it this way:
$1.2 \times 10^3\,\mathrm{\frac{J}{mol}}$
$1.2 \times 10^3\,\mathrm{\frac{J}{mol}}$
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Latex Subscripting
How do I write $\ce{C_{2}{v}}$ properly in Latex so that the "2" and the "v" are both subscripted on the same subscript line? If I write it as $\ce{C_{2v}}$ (\ce{C_{2v}), I get an down-arrow symbol ...
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Latex Table Question
Here's a link to a SE question-answer on building tables using Latex. I copied the following bit of Latex code from the top-rated answer and when I pasted it in to an answer on Chemistry SE it didn't ...
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