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How Do You Write Chemical Formulas Based On Chemical Names?

Wednesday, October 14th, 2009

I’m not sure how to take the chemical name and change it into the chemical formula. I don’t know how convalent and ionic bonding add into the mix, and the periodic table really confuses me!
Here’s a couple examples:
1.magnesium carbide
2.aluminum chloride hexahydrate
3.carbonic acid