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Which of the following is a molecular formula?

MgCl₂
Al₂O₃
NO₂
CaO

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The molecular formula of a compound may be the empirical formula, or it may be a multiple of the empirical formula. For example, the molecular formula of butene, C4H8, shows that each freely existing molecule of butene contains four atoms of carbon and eight atoms of hydrogen. Its empirical formula is CH2.

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