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  2. Empirical formula - Wikipedia

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    Glucose (C 6 H 12 O 6), ribose (C 5 H 10 O 5), Acetic acid (C 2 H 4 O 2), and formaldehyde (CH 2 O) all have different molecular formulas but the same empirical formula: CH 2 O. This is the actual molecular formula for formaldehyde, but acetic acid has double the number of atoms, ribose has five times the number of atoms, and glucose has six ...

  3. Chemical formula - Wikipedia

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    A molecular formula enumerates the number of atoms to reflect those in the molecule, so that the molecular formula for glucose is C 6 H 12 O 6 rather than the glucose empirical formula, which is CH 2 O. However, except for very simple substances, molecular chemical formulae lack needed structural information, and are ambiguous.

  4. Formula - Wikipedia

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    A molecular formula enumerates the number of atoms to reflect those in the molecule, so that the molecular formula for glucose is C 6 H 12 O 6 rather than the glucose empirical formula, which is CH 2 O. Except for the very simple substances, molecular chemical formulas generally lack needed structural information, and might even be ambiguous in ...

  5. Formula unit - Wikipedia

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    In contrast, the terms molecule or molecular formula are applied to molecules. [3] The formula unit is used as an independent entity for stoichiometric calculations. [4] [5] Examples of formula units, include ionic compounds such as NaCl and K 2 O and covalent networks such as SiO 2 and C (as diamond or graphite). [6]

  6. Computational chemistry - Wikipedia

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    Molecular dynamics (MD) use either quantum mechanics, molecular mechanics or a mixture of both to calculate forces which are then used to solve Newton's laws of motion to examine the time-dependent behavior of systems. The result of a molecular dynamics simulation is a trajectory that describes how the position and velocity of particles varies ...

  7. Molecular dynamics - Wikipedia

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    Ab initio calculations produce a vast amount of information that is not available from empirical methods, such as density of electronic states or other electronic properties. A significant advantage of using ab initio methods is the ability to study reactions that involve breaking or formation of covalent bonds, which correspond to multiple ...

  8. Structural formula - Wikipedia

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    Skeletal structural formula of Vitamin B 12.Many organic molecules are too complicated to be specified by a molecular formula.. The structural formula of a chemical compound is a graphic representation of the molecular structure (determined by structural chemistry methods), showing how the atoms are connected to one another. [1]

  9. Mass fraction (chemistry) - Wikipedia

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    The mass fraction of an element in a compound can be calculated from the compound's empirical formula [2] or its chemical formula. [3] Terminology.