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What are the empirical formulas of the following
Chapter 2, Problem 45P(choose chapter or problem)
What are the empirical formulas of the following compounds? (a) \(\mathrm{C}_2\mathrm{N}_2\), (b) \(\mathrm{C}_{6} \mathrm{H}_{6}\), (c) \(\mathrm{C}_{9} \mathrm{H}_{20}\), (d) \(\mathrm{P}_{4} \mathrm{O}_{10}\), (e) \(\mathrm{B}_{2} \mathrm{H}_{6}\)
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QUESTION:
What are the empirical formulas of the following compounds? (a) \(\mathrm{C}_2\mathrm{N}_2\), (b) \(\mathrm{C}_{6} \mathrm{H}_{6}\), (c) \(\mathrm{C}_{9} \mathrm{H}_{20}\), (d) \(\mathrm{P}_{4} \mathrm{O}_{10}\), (e) \(\mathrm{B}_{2} \mathrm{H}_{6}\)
ANSWER:Solution 45P:
Here, we are going to write the empirical formulas of the following compounds.
Step 1:
Empirical formulas:
It represents the simplest whole-number ratio of their atoms present in the molecule . It does not able to give the information about the actual number of atoms in a given molecule.
For example: the empirical formula of glucose is CH2O having molecular formula C6H12O6.