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Relating Empirical and Molecular Formulas
Write the empirical formulas for (a) glucose, a substance also known as either blood sugar or
dextrose—molecular formula \(\mathrm{C}_{6} \mathrm{H}_{12} \mathrm{O}_{6}\); (b) nitrous oxide, a substance used as an anesthetic and commonly called laughing gas—molecular formula \(\mathrm{N}_{2} \mathrm{O}\).
Tetracarbon dioxide is an unstable oxide of carbon with the following molecular structure:
What are the molecular and empirical formulas of this substance?
(a) \(\mathrm{C}_{2} \mathrm{O}_{2}, \mathrm{CO}_{2}\), (b) \(\mathrm{C}_{4} \mathrm{O}, \mathrm{CO}\), (c) \(\mathrm{CO}_{2}, \mathrm{CO}_{2}\), (d) \(\mathrm{C}_{4} \mathrm{O}_{2}, \mathrm{C}_{2} \mathrm{O}\), (e) \(\mathrm{C}_{2} \mathrm{O}, \mathrm{CO}_{2}\).
Equation Transcription:
Text Transcription:
C6H12O6
N2O
C2O2, CO2
C4O, CO
CO2, CO2
C4O2, C2O
C2O, CO2
Questions & Answers
QUESTION:
Relating Empirical and Molecular Formulas
Write the empirical formulas for (a) glucose, a substance also known as either blood sugar or
dextrose—molecular formula \(\mathrm{C}_{6} \mathrm{H}_{12} \mathrm{O}_{6}\); (b) nitrous oxide, a substance used as an anesthetic and commonly called laughing gas—molecular formula \(\mathrm{N}_{2} \mathrm{O}\).
Tetracarbon dioxide is an unstable oxide of carbon with the following molecular structure:
What are the molecular and empirical formulas of this substance?
(a) \(\mathrm{C}_{2} \mathrm{O}_{2}, \mathrm{CO}_{2}\), (b) \(\mathrm{C}_{4} \mathrm{O}, \mathrm{CO}\), (c) \(\mathrm{CO}_{2}, \mathrm{CO}_{2}\), (d) \(\mathrm{C}_{4} \mathrm{O}_{2}, \mathrm{C}_{2} \mathrm{O}\), (e) \(\mathrm{C}_{2} \mathrm{O}, \mathrm{CO}_{2}\).
Equation Transcription:
Text Transcription:
C6H12O6
N2O
C2O2, CO2
C4O, CO
CO2, CO2
C4O2, C2O
C2O, CO2
ANSWER:
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