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<a name="chemicalh1"></a>Chemical Formulas Examples</h1>
        <p id="par_id111584200892379" class="paragraph" dir="auto">The primary purpose of LibreOffice Math is to create mathematical formulas, but it can also be used to write chemical formulas. However, in chemical formulas, the chemical symbols are normally written in uppercase using upright, rather than italic, characters.</p>
    
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<div class="notetext"><p id="par_id61584210063479" dir="auto">To create chemical formulas using Math, you may want to change the font used for variables to a non-italic font, or use the <span class="literal">nitalic</span> modifier.</p></div>
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    <h2 id="hd_id681584201309050" dir="auto">Molecules</h2>
    <p id="par_id511584201416226" class="paragraph" dir="auto"><span class="input" data-tooltip="Click on text to copy to clipboard">nitalic{H_2 SO_4}</span></p>
    <p id="par_id131584274929613" class="paragraph" dir="auto"><span class="input" data-tooltip="Click on text to copy to clipboard">nitalic{2 C_6 H_5 COOH + 15 O_2 = 14 CO_2 + 6 H_2 O}</span></p>
    <p id="par_id51584274981967" class="paragraph" dir="auto"><span class="input" data-tooltip="Click on text to copy to clipboard">nitalic{2 KMnO_4 + 16 HCl = 2 KCl + 2 MnCl_2 + 8 H_2 O + 5 Cl_2}</span></p>

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    <p id="par_id681584201602312" class="paragraph" dir="auto"><span class="input" data-tooltip="Click on text to copy to clipboard">U lsub 92 lsup 238</span></p>
    <p id="par_id981584282254171" class="paragraph" dir="auto"><span class="input" data-tooltip="Click on text to copy to clipboard">nitalic{{U lsup 238 lsub 92 + n} ~~toward~~ {U lsup 239 lsub 92 + %gamma} ~~binom{{size 6{{%beta}-{}}}} {toward} ~~ Np lsup 239 lsub 93 ~~binom{{size 6{{%beta}-{}}}}{toward}~~ Pu lsup 239 lsub 94}</span></p>
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    <p id="par_id921584201737219" class="paragraph" dir="auto"><span class="input" data-tooltip="Click on text to copy to clipboard">SO_4^{2-{}}</span> or <span class="input" data-tooltip="Click on text to copy to clipboard">SO_4^{2"-"}</span></p>
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