Question

6CO₂ + 6H₂O →C₆H₁₂O₆ + 6O₂ 

To display above given chemical expression on a webpage, following HTML code was written :

6CO²+ 6H²O —→

C⁶H¹²O⁶ + 6O²

But its not displaying the expression in desired format. Identify the fault (s) and suggest the required correction (s).

Answer 1

The <sup> tag defines superscript text. While, the <sub> tag defines subscript text.

Thus all <sup> tags need to be replaced with <sub> tags

                                OR

6CO₂+6H₂O

C₆H₁₂O₆+6O₂