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A certain compound is made up of one phosphorus (P) atom, three chlorine (Cl) atoms, and one oxygen (O) atom. What is the chemical formula of this compound?

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PCl3O is composed of 1 atom of phosphorus (P), 3 chlorine (Cl) atoms, and 1 oxygen (O) atom. PCl3O is called. Phosphoruschloride oxide.

Chemical Formula is not a chemical name. It is a way of showing details or information about the proportion of atoms that compose a certain chemical compound, using a single line of chemical element symbols, numbers, and sometimes also other symbols, such as dashes, parentheses, commas, plus (+) and minus (-). Other examples of chemical formula: Glucose is C6H12O6





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