Molecular Weight from Formula
Client-side parser handling parentheses and subscripts.
Example
You enter
- Chemical formula NaCl
You get
- Molecular weight 58.44 g/mol
Details, formula, and sources
IUPAC standard atomic weights bundled.
MW = sum over elements (atomic_weight[element] * count). Formula parser supports parentheses and integer subscripts.
IUPAC Standard Atomic Weights 2021. Bundled in IUPAC_ATOMIC_WEIGHTS (data/lab/iupac-atomic-weights.json).
Free at iupac.org/publications/journals/pac/. Element-by-element values published in Pure and Applied Chemistry.
Verify protocol against your lab's SOP before pipetting. A miscalculated dilution can ruin a run or a sample.
Field names used by the API: formula, molecular_weight
- Isotopic abundance natural terrestrial average per IUPACIUPAC 2021
- Hydrate notation dot (.) and middle-dot treated as concatenationconvention