What is the difference between a "chemical formula", and a "chemical compound"?

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anor277
Oct 29, 2015

A chemical compound is what we put into the bottle. A chemical formula is what we write on the label to stick on the bottle.

Explanation:

Chemical compounds are mixtures of chemicals with definite proportions and definite physical properties (I know I am telling you nothing new). Chemical formulae are out attempts to represent these compositions (sometimes, rarely, the composition is wrong!).

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