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is the molecular formula the same as the chemical formula?
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(Original post by he3456)
is the molecular formula the same as the chemical formula?

Water exists as molecules and hence can have a molecular formula. That is also its chemical formula.

Sodium chloride is not molecular and hence can't have a molecular formula. It can have an empirical formula; this is its chemical formula.

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