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Chemical Formulas

化合物为物质其被两种或多 种元素以特定比例形成的。为了精准的描述这些化合物，而开發了化学式。化学式提供关于其中的元素及 离子或原子的资讯。元素以他们的化学符号描述，而相对离子或原子的数 量则是以下标数字表示。举例来说，食用糖或蔗糖为一 种化合物，其包含碳元素，氢元 素及氧元素—分别以化学符号C，H，O表示。数字12，22，11则表示碳原子，氢原子，氧原子在其化合 物中的个别原子总数。总体而言，元素并不是以字母排序列出，而是以带有更多正电荷或金属元素开始，接着是更多带负电荷或少一点金属元素，比如氢氧化钾。化学式被分类为分子式，实验式及结构式。分子式以列出一个化合物其每个 元素和其中的原子的确切数目表示。葡萄糖的分子式为C_6H_12O_6，代表葡萄糖是由六个碳原子，十二个氢原子及六 个氧原子所组成。实验式以出元素中各个原子最 简单整数比表示。葡萄糖中，碳原子，氢原子，氧原子的最简单整数比为1:2:1 实验式为CH_2O。化合物的分子式也就 是整数比倍的实验式。葡萄糖中，将其实验式乘以 整数六倍将得到其分子式。相反的，结构式 图形化各个原子之 间的关係。化学符号描绘原子而 短线表示化学键。单一条线代表单键，而两条或三条线则分别代表双键或三键。当我们延伸结构式 可形塑的模型的，例如透视图，球棒模型或空间填充模型，则提供有关其分子形状的 各种三维透视图。在这三种化学式中，结构式提供最多关于化 学原料的资讯，第二则是分子式。实验式则是提供最少资讯的。

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化学公式提供有关构成特定化合物或分子的原子比例的信息，主要使用元素和数字符号。有时还使用其他符号，如破折号、括号、括号、逗号和减号。化学配方可以是三种类型之一——分子、经验和结构。

<h4>分子公式</h4>

分子公式代表使用化学符号（表示原子类型）和子编号（以显示分子中每种类型的原子数）的分子或化合物。分子公式也用作化合物名称的缩写。

有些元素由离散的单个原子组成，如高贵的气体氦气、霓虹灯和砷。这些元素被称为单原子气体，并分别具有分子公式何，Ne和Ar。很少有元素作为由同一元素的两个或两个以上的化学粘结原子组成的分子存在。例如，氢、氧和氮等元素作为硅藻分子存在，每个原子包含两个原子，因此分别具有H2、O2和N2的分子公式。同样，磷和硫等元素也分别作为多原子分子存在，分子公式分别为P4和S8。

需要注意的是，符号之后的子项和符号前面的数字并不代表同一件事：例如，H2 和 2H 代表明显不同的物种。H2 是一种分子公式：它代表氢的硅藻分子，由化学结合在一起的元素的两个原子组成。另一方面，2H的表达方式表示两个独立的氢原子，它们没有作为一个单元组合在一起。表达2H2 代表硅藻氢的两个分子。

<h4>经验公式</h4>

当两个或两个以上元素化学结合时，化合物就会形成，从而形成键。例如，氢和氧可以形成水，钠和氯可以反应形成氯化钠或食盐。我们有时用经验公式描述这些化合物的组成，该公式表示化合物中原子（或离子）数量的原子类型和最简单的全数比。例如，二氧化钛（用作白色油漆中的颜料和厚、白色、阻滞型防晒霜）具有 TiO2的经验公式。这将钛（Ti）和氧（O）元素识别为二氧化钛的组成成分，并表明元素氧的原子数量是元素钛原子的两倍。

在许多情况下，物质的分子公式来自对其经验公式和分子质量（构成分子的所有原子的质量之和）的实验确定。例如，可以实验确定苯含有两种元素，即碳（C）和氢（H），而苯中的每一个碳原子都有一个氢原子。因此，经验公式是CH。分子质量的实验测定表明，苯分子含有6个碳原子和6个氢原子，因此苯的分子公式为C6H6。

<h4>结构公式</h4>

化合物的结构公式提供了与其分子公式相同的信息（分子中原子的类型和数量），但也显示了原子在分子中的连接方式。换句话说，结构公式以图形方式表示化合物的分子结构。它显示了原子的可能排列以及原子在真实三维空间中的连接方式，提供了更多有关分子几何学的信息。线条用于表示原子之间的键。该公式还可以描绘近似的键角，给人一种分子形状的感觉。

本文改编自 <a href="https://openstax.org/books/chemistry-2e/pages/2-4-chemical-formulas">Openstax 化学 2e， 第 2.4 节： 化学公式。</a>

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reading molecular, empirical, and structural formulas

Chemical formulas show the types and proportions of atoms in a compound or molecule. They use element symbols and numbers. Some formulas also use dashes, parentheses, brackets, commas, plus signs, and minus signs.

A molecular formula shows a molecule or compound with chemical symbols and subscript numbers. The symbols tell which atoms are present, and the subscripts show how many of each atom are in the molecule. Molecular formulas can also serve as short names for compounds.

Some elements exist as separate atoms. The noble gases helium, neon, and argon are monatomic gases, so their molecular formulas are He, Ne, and Ar. Other elements form molecules with two or more bonded atoms of the same element. Hydrogen, oxygen, and nitrogen are diatomic and have the formulas H2, O2, and N2. Phosphorus and sulfur are polyatomic and have the formulas P4 and S8.

It is important to tell the difference between a subscript and a number in front of a symbol. H2 means one diatomic hydrogen molecule. The expression 2H means two separate hydrogen atoms. The expression 2H2 means two hydrogen molecules.

An empirical formula shows the types of atoms present and the simplest whole-number ratio of those atoms or ions in a compound. Compounds form when two or more elements chemically combine and make bonds. Water and sodium chloride are common examples of compounds. Titanium dioxide has the empirical formula TiO2, which shows titanium and oxygen and means there are twice as many oxygen atoms as titanium atoms.

In many cases, a molecular formula is found from the empirical formula and the molecular mass. Molecular mass is the sum of the atomic masses of all atoms in a molecule. Benzene is one example. Experiments show that benzene contains carbon and hydrogen in a 1:1 ratio, so its empirical formula is CH. Its molecular mass shows that one molecule contains six carbon atoms and six hydrogen atoms, so its molecular formula is C6H6.

A structural formula gives the same atom count information as a molecular formula, but it also shows how the atoms are connected. It draws the molecular structure in a way that helps show the probable arrangement of atoms in three-dimensional space. Lines represent bonds between atoms. Structural formulas may also show approximate bond angles, which gives a sense of molecular shape.

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Learn how molecular, empirical, and structural formulas show atom counts, ratios, and bonds. See examples like H2, TiO2, and C6H6.

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