Chemistry GCSE
Brackets
What Brackets means in Chemistry GCSE, as defined for AQA.
Definition of Brackets
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Reference: AQA
A grouping in a formula where a subscript after the bracket multiplies every element inside the bracket.
Topics that use Brackets
Related terms
- Balanced symbol equations
- Closed systems and gas exchange
- Coefficient
- Coefficients
- Conservation of mass
- Counting atoms
- Rearrangement of atoms
- Subscript
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