Indication of Mass, Charge, etc., on Atomic Symbols

The mass number, atomic number, number of atoms, and ionic charge of an element may be indicated by means of four indices placed around the symbol. The positions are to be occupied thus

Ionic charge should be indicated by rather than .

Example: represents a doubly ionized molecule containing two atoms of sulfur, each has the atomic number 16 and mass number 32.

The following is an example of an equation for a nuclear reaction