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Sodium bicarbonate is the chemical name for baking soda. Its chemical formula is NaHCO3. What does the subscript 3 mean?

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Answer:

'3' in NaHCO₃ is the number of moles oxygen in 1 mole of sodium bicarbonate

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There Are Three Atoms Of Oxygen In Sodium Bicarbonate.

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