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smileywhat does a square bracket mean

 Jan 8, 2017
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Basically just another form of parentheses.

SOmetimes helps keep things clear to not have so many parentheses....

[ x (5^(2/3) )]      is the same thing as having parentheses on the outside....

 Jan 8, 2017
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It also SOMEtimes denotes concentration , such as when you are caculating pH

pH = - log [H30+]       ph is the negative log of the hydronium ion concentration....

ElectricPavlov  Jan 9, 2017

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