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What is the meaning of a decimal in a subscript in a chemical formulas? e.g. Co28.6FeTa4.3B8.7O46

See http://www.nature.com/articles/ncomms13497

"We introduce oxygen into a ferromagnetic metallic glass to form a Co28.6Fe12.4Ta4.3B8.7O46 magnetic semiconductor with a Curie temperature above 600 K. "

Ed Perry
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