How do you find the ionic or covalent chemical formulas for molecules?

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How do you find the ionic or covalent chemical formulas for molecules?

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Sulfur trioxide
Carbon tetrachloride
Silicon dioxide

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Answer 1 · 2016-06-22T06:41:16

How else but by experiment?

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We write #SO_3,# #C(Cl)_4,# and #SiO_2# very easily. We forget the experiments that chemist performed 150-200 years ago to establish these compositions and formulae.

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How do you find the ionic or covalent chemical formulas for molecules?

For example:
Sulfur trioxide
Carbon tetrachloride
Silicon dioxide

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How do you find the ionic or covalent chemical formulas for molecules?

For example: Sulfur trioxide Carbon tetrachloride Silicon dioxide

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Sulfur trioxide
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Silicon dioxide