A molecular formula gives the number of chemical atoms of each chemical element in a molecule. For urea, counts one carbon, four hydrogen, two nitrogen and one oxygen chemical atom. It records composition rather than the arrangement of chemical bonds.
The simplest whole-number chemical atom ratio of a substance.
The sum of relative atomic masses for the simplest integer composition represented by an empirical formula.

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