empirical formula

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   a chemical formula showing the ratio of elements in a compound rather than the total number of atoms

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Questions about empirical formula

What does empirical formula mean?

empirical formula means "a chemical formula showing the ratio of elements in a compound rather than the total number of atoms".

Is empirical formula a common word?

empirical formula is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.