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Discover LudwigThe phrase "general formula" is correct and commonly used in written English.
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general formula
noun
The molecular formula of a class of compounds in which actual numbers are represented by x, n etc., and organic radicals are represented as Rn
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Alkylidyne ligands have the general formula CH or CR.
The aromatic series has the general formula CnH2n − 6 and is an unsaturated closed-ring series.
There is no general formula for the expectation of a product of random variables.
Esters have the general formula RCOOR′, R and R′ being combining groups (such as CH3).
The naphthene series has the general formula CnH2n and is a saturated closed-ring series.
Other hydrogarnets have been reported e.g., hydroandradite and hydrospessartine; the general formula for hydrogarnets would be A3B2(SiO4)3 - x(H4O4 x, and the general formula for an end-member hydrogarnet would be A3B2(H4O4)3.
No general formula will free the scientist, or anyone else, from having to use judgment in interpreting evidence.
The general formula is given in Appendix.
But there is no general formula.
We use the general formula (9) again.
A general formula for non-cohesive suspended sediment transport.
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