Chemical Formulae Examples
The primary purpose of LibreOffice Math is to create mathematical formulae, but it can also be used to write chemical formula. However, in chemical formulae, the chemical symbols are normally written in upper-case using upright, rather than italic, characters.
To create chemical formulae using Math, you may want to change the font used for variables to a non-italic font, or use the nitalic modifier.
Molecules
nitalic{H_2 SO_4}
nitalic{2 C_6 H_5 COOH + 15 O_2 = 14 CO_2 + 6 H_2 O}
nitalic{2 KMnO_4 + 16 HCl = 2 KCl + 2 MnCl_2 + 8 H_2 O + 5 Cl_2}
Isotopes
U lsub 92 lsup 238
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}
Ions
SO_4^{2-{}} or SO_4^{2"-"}