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    Nov 30, 2008, 06:25 PM
    Atoms represented by chemical formulas
    How do I identify the numbers and types of atoms represented by chemical formulas?
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    Dec 4, 2008, 11:51 PM

    Take for example, water,

    There are 2 H atoms and 1 O atom.

    Rust; has 2 Fe atoms and 3 O atoms.

    More examples? :)
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    Jan 18, 2011, 10:14 AM
    I was just giving an exa,ple I'm not really sure I need to know how to know how stuff makes up other stuff, I'm really confuzed

    In the chemical formula 2SO2, how many total atoms of oxygen (O) are there?
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    Jan 18, 2011, 10:22 AM

    How many do you think there are? :)
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