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What does the “2” in H2 represent?

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Answer:

the number of that type molecule there is..

like H²O is

Hx2

Ox1

Two hydrogen one Oxygen,

or in other words, water!!

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What does the “2” in H2 represent?-example-1
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Chemical Formulas If we want to represent two atoms of hydrogen, instead of writing H H, we write H2. The subscript "2" means that two atoms of the element hydrogen have joined together to form a molecule.

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