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[Nina Gautam 1K]

When writing the chemical formula for hydrogen telluride, why is it H2Te and not TeH2?

[Ethan-Van To Dis2L]

Typically we write the cation first, then the anion which means it would be H2Te

[Ryan Sydney Beyer 2B]

In the 1900's a man named Edwin Hill came up with a system of writing chemical formulas that is still used widely today. His system states that carbon atoms are listed first, hydrogen atoms next and then the number of all other elements in alphabetical order. There are many exceptions to his system however, such as the order of elements in ionic compounds, as well as the order of acids ...

[Alissa Stanley 3G]

What specific formulas will we have to have memorized? Problem #25 requires you to give the chemical formula, but some (including in other problems) would only be known from memorization.