What does the formula for table salt indicate about that compound?

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Vitalii Shevchuk · Answer 1 · 2019-05-09T01:51:37+0000

It indicates what elements is composed by and how many atoms of one element are linked to the other.

For example, this is the formula for table salt is:

NaCl

The formula indicates that table salt (sodium chloride) is composed by sodium (Na) and chlorine (Cl) on a 1:1 ratio.

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