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Symbols, Valency, Radicals and Formulae — Part 2: Formulae, names and radicals in the atmosphere

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Lesson

From valency to formula

Part 2 — a formula shows which radicals are in a compound and in what numbers. The valencies tell us how to write it.

In this lesson you will

  • Write the formula of a compound by exchanging the valencies of its radicals
  • Name a compound from its formula
  • Explain how reactive radicals in polluted air harm living things and how to reduce them