subscript

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In this case, dividing by the smallest subscript still leaves us with a decimal subscript in the empirical formula.

From Textbooks • Feb. 14, 2019

The molecular formula is then obtained by multiplying each subscript in the empirical formula by n, as shown by the generic empirical formula AxBy:

From Textbooks • Feb. 14, 2019

Finally, derive the molecular formula for nicotine from the empirical formula by multiplying each subscript by two:

From Textbooks • Feb. 14, 2019

Let us use the subscript 1 for the Moon and the subscript 2 for the satellite.

From Textbooks • Aug. 12, 2015

Later, for no special reason, the fashion became to render the number as subscript: H2O.

From "A Short History of Nearly Everything" by Bill Bryson