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    How To Count Atoms: Charge

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    The document provides instructions on how to count atoms in chemical formulas using subscripts, coefficients, and charge. It explains that subscripts indicate the number of atoms, coefficients indicate the number of molecules, and charge represents a gain or loss of electrons compared to the number of protons in the element. Sample chemical formulas and their breakdown in terms of atoms are given to demonstrate these principles.

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    How To Count Atoms: Charge

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    The document provides instructions on how to count atoms in chemical formulas using subscripts, coefficients, and charge. It explains that subscripts indicate the number of atoms, coefficients indicate the number of molecules, and charge represents a gain or loss of electrons compared to the number of protons in the element. Sample chemical formulas and their breakdown in terms of atoms are given to demonstrate these principles.

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    The document provides instructions on how to count atoms in chemical formulas using subscripts, coefficients, and charge. It explains that subscripts indicate the number of atoms, coefficients indicate the number of molecules, and charge represents a gain or loss of electrons compared to the number of protons in the element. Sample chemical formulas and their breakdown in terms of atoms are given to demonstrate these principles.

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    How To Count Atoms: Charge

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    The document provides instructions on how to count atoms in chemical formulas using subscripts, coefficients, and charge. It explains that subscripts indicate the number of atoms, coefficients indicate the number of molecules, and charge represents a gain or loss of electrons compared to the number of protons in the element. Sample chemical formulas and their breakdown in terms of atoms are given to demonstrate these principles.

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    How to count Atoms

    Charge
    ● Top right corner behind the element symbol
    ● Gain or loss of electrons to achieve full valence
    ● Imbalance of number of protons (+) vs. number of electrons (-)
    ● Proton number stays the same – identity of element

    Example So…
    O2- 2 more electrons than protons
    Oxygen – 8 protons, 10 electrons
    Cl- 1 more electron than protons
    Chlorine – 17 protons, 18 electrons
    Ca2+ 2 more protons than electrons
    Calcium – 20 protons, 18 electrons

    Subscript
    ● lower right corner behind the element symbol
    ● To indicate the number of atoms

    Example So…
    H2 2 hydrogen atoms
    H2O 2 hydrogen atoms
    1 oxygen atom
    K2SO3 2 potassium atoms
    1 sulfur atom
    3 oxygen atoms

    Subscript outside brackets


    ● Multiples all elements inside the brackets

    Example So…
    Mg(OH)2 1 magnesium atom
    2 oxygen atoms
    2 hydrogen atoms
    Mg3(PO4)2 3 magnesium atoms
    2 phosphorous atoms
    8 oxygen atoms

    Coefficient
    ● Written in front of a chemical formula
    ● Indicates the number of molecules of that compound
    ● Multiples the number of atoms of each element in that formula

    Example So…
    2 H2O 2 water molecules
    4 hydrogen atoms
    2 oxygen atoms
    4 Pb(NO3)2 4 lead (II) nitrate molecules
    4 lead atoms
    8 nitrogen atoms
    24 oxygen atoms

    Your turn to practice (!)

    Na2CO3 Ca3(PO4)2
    Type of atom # of atoms Type of atom # of atoms
    Na 2 Ca 3
    C 1 P 2
    O 3 O 8
    K2CrO4 3 BaCl2
    Type of atom # of atoms Type of atom # of atoms
    K 2 Ba 3
    Cr 1 Cl 6
    O 4
    NH4C2H3O2 4 Al2(CO3)3
    Type of atom # of atoms Type of atom # of atoms
    N 1 Al 8
    H 7 C 12
    C 2 O 36
    O 2
    5 Pb(SO4)2 2 (NH4)2Cr2O7
    Type of atom # of atoms Type of atom # of atoms
    Pb 5 N 4
    S 10 H 16
    O 40 Cr 4
    O 14
    Example -

    Ba(OH)2 Ba(OH)2 Ba(OH)2 Ba(OH)2

    4 Ba(OH)2

    4 Ba

    8O

    8H

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