Subscript is a type of text formatting that makes text smaller and below the baseline. For example, this text should appear subscript. The opposite of subscript is superscript, which is smaller text that is above the baseline.
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A subscript is a small character or symbol that appears slightly below the normal line of text. It is commonly used in chemical formulas, mathematical expressions, and footnotes to provide additional information in a smaller font size.
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Not every chemical formula requires subscript. For example table salt is NaCl, sodium chloride. No subscript. But most chemical formulae do require subscript, such as water, H2O.
The superscript for platinum is Pt2+ and the subscript for platinum is Pt.
In a binary nonmetal compound, a subscript tells us the ratio of atoms present in the compound. Each subscript represents the number of atoms of that element in the compound. For example, in CO2, the subscript 2 indicates that there are two oxygen atoms for each carbon atom.
The number representing the charge in an ion is not written in subscript in a chemical formula.
To type the atomic number in Microsoft Word 2007, you can use the subscript formatting feature. Simply highlight the number you want to make subscript, right-click, select "Font," and then check the box for subscript. This will lower the selected number to appear like a subscript.