Question

A certain compound is made up of
four phosphorus atoms and six oxygen atoms
. What is the chemical formula of this compound?

Answer 1

The number of atoms of each element in the compound is represented by subscripts following the symbol of each element.

Therefore, we can write a compound with 4 atoms of Phosphorus and 6 atoms of oxygen as

P4O6

(P is the symbol for phosphorus, and O is the symbol for oxygen.)

Answer 2

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》A certain compound has 4 Phosphorus atoms and six oxygen atoms .

》Chemical formula =? ?

》 Phosphorus exist in form of dimers , So ,

》 Chemical formula will be :-

》P4O6 , but its name is Phosphorus trioxide

P2O3 .P2O3 ,, That is in dimer form , dimer mean two chains , di means 2 and mer for chain .


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