Definition of Molecular formula

1. Noun. A chemical formula based on analysis and molecular weight.

Generic synonyms: Chemical Formula, Formula
Specialized synonyms: Structural Formula

Definition of Molecular formula

1. Noun. (chemistry) A notation indicating the number of atoms of each element present in a compound. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Medical Definition of Molecular formula

1. In chemistry, a formula indicating the kind and number of atoms in the molecules of a substance, or its composition, but not the relation of the atoms to each other or the intimate structure of the molecule. Synonym: molecular formula. (05 Mar 2000)

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Literary usage of Molecular formula

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Lessons in Chemical Philosophy: An Introductory Study for Use in Colleges by John Howard Appleton, Herbert William Conn (1890)
"On the other hand, it is a fact of deeper significance that when the molecular formula of a compound can be determined by independent methods, this formula ..."

2. The Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, and General by Thomas Spencer Baynes (1833)
"A molecular formula obtained by this means implies that, ... The molecular formula of an organic compound simply expresses the fact that the molecule of ..."

3. A Treatise on Chemistry by Henry Enfield Roscoe, Carl Schorlemmer (1884)
"71 (A) molecular formula of Volatile Bodies. — When the percentage composition and the vapour density of a compound are known, the molecular formula can be ..."

4. Registry of Toxic Effects of Chemical Substances (RTECS): A Comprehensive Guide by Doris V. Sweet (1994)
"The molecular weight is calculated from the molecular formula using standard ... The molecular formula designating the elemental composition of the ..."

5. A Text-book of Organic Chemistry by Arnold Frederik Holleman (1910)
"The molecular formula, however, could also be ... The chemical method only proves that the molecular formula of benzene cannot be smaller than C6H6, ..."

6. The New International Encyclopædia edited by Daniel Coit Gilman, Harry Thurston Peck, Frank Moore Colby (1903)
"The composition of any single paraffin hydrocarbon is expressed, of course, by its own molecular formula. Thus, the formula 0,H« shows the chemical ..."

7. Manual of Chemistry: A Guide to Lectures and Laboratory Work for Beginners by William Simon (1916)
"If it could be proven that one of the latter formulas is the correct one, it would be termed the molecular formula, because it expresses not only the ..."

8. Chemistry, Inorganic and Organic: With Experiments by Charles Loudon Bloxam, John Millar Thomson (1907)
"60 Determination i>f the molecular formula of an organic bane. ... This is therefore the molecular formula. The law iif eren numbers is sometimes a useful ..."

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