Chemistry GCSE
Coefficients
What Coefficients means in Chemistry GCSE, as defined for AQA.
Definition of Coefficients
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Reference: AQA
Whole-number multipliers placed in front of chemical formulae to balance an equation, never changing the formulae themselves.
Topics that use Coefficients
Related terms
- Balanced symbol equations
- Closed systems and gas exchange
- Coefficient
- Conservation of mass
- Counting atoms
- Rearrangement of atoms
- Subscript
- Brackets
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