Formula Units

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Lauren Bui 1E
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Formula Units

Postby Lauren Bui 1E » Sun Oct 06, 2019 5:11 pm

What exactly are formula units?
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Re: Formula Units

Postby Chem_Mod » Sun Oct 06, 2019 5:16 pm

It is one entity of a substance, a unit for a formula, like 1 H2O molecule. The way we use them in our course, they are synonymous with molecules or atoms in the sense that they are associated with Avogadro's number.
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Cassidy Kohlenberger 3D
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Re: Formula Units

Postby Cassidy Kohlenberger 3D » Sun Oct 06, 2019 5:16 pm

Formula units are essentially empirical formulas for ionic compounds. It's the lowest whole number ratio of ions in an ionic compound. Most of the time formula units represent molecules, therefore they can be calculated by using Avogadro's number in a stoichiometric conversion. Hope this helps :)
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Re: Formula Units

Postby Lauren Bui 1E » Sun Oct 06, 2019 5:33 pm

That clears things up a lot! Thank you :)
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