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What do you understand by chemical formula of a compound? What is its significance?
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- A chemical formula is a symbolic representation of one molecule of an element or a compound.
- It provides information about the elements present in the molecule and the number of atoms of each element. The chemical formula tells us the types of atoms and the number of each type of atom in one molecule of substance.
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