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Offline IBM

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Is there any difference between 'formal charge' and 'net charge'?
« on: August 24, 2018, 01:18:33 PM »
In SO₄⁻², is -2 a formal charge or a net charge? Is there any difference between them?
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Re: Is there any difference between 'formal charge' and 'net charge'?
« Reply #1 on: August 24, 2018, 01:26:30 PM »
I don't know about the dictionary definitions, but offhand I would say that formal charge is a calculated property of an atom.  I would use the term "net charge" when referring to a chemical species having one or many atoms.
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