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Questions tagged [chemical-formula]

For questions related to molecular formula, empirical formula, formula unit, representing the chemical proportions of atoms that constitute a particular chemical compound, molecule, ion, complex, crystal, etc. using chemical element symbols, numbers, and other symbols. NOT related to 'notation', 'composition', 'structure' or 'nomenclature'.

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What is the chemical composition of Ferrous Ferrocyanide?

To this day, iron-cyanide complexes confuses me. So, I want to settle this once and for all. After scavenging the internet, I gathered the following result: $$ \ce{Ferr} \color{blue}{\ce{ous}}~\ce{...
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Why is Pb3O4 called lead(II,IV) oxide?

We know that iron(II,III) oxide has the formula $\ce{Fe3O4}$ which is a combination of iron(II) oxide and iron(III) oxide with formulas $\ce{FeO}$ and $\ce{Fe2O3}$ respectively. So why isn't this the ...
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