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Stefan V.
Sep 17, 2015

That's the chemical formula of lithium carbonate.

Explanation:

Lithium carbonate is an ionic compound formed when a lithium cation, Li+, bonds ionically to a carbonate anion, CO2−3.

Notice that you need two lithium +1 cations to balance the negative 2- charge of the carbonate anion.

This is shown by the 2 subscript that lithium has in the formula unit Li2CO3.

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