The formula for copper(II) permanganate is . That means that for every molecule there are eight oxygen atoms. So there must be eight times as many moles of oxygen atoms as copper permanganate molecules.

Woops. I guess this forum doesn't like the "textup" command, so what I meant to say was

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Originally Posted by jcaron2

The formula for copper(II) permanganate is . That means that for every molecule there are eight oxygen atoms. So there must be eight times as many moles of oxygen atoms as copper permanganate molecules.

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I'm not sure what you are trying to do... maybe you're looking for \text?

Yeah, that it. \textup is a legal Latex command (for upright text, as opposed to italics), but I guess it doesn't work here. Pretty much the same thing as \text. Thanks.