What is the empirical formula, did I do this question correctly?

2017-01-25 12:44 am
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A compound contains 24.78% C, 2.08% H, 73.14% Cl What is it's empirical formula? - my answer is CHCl, is this correct? There is only one of each molecule I did the math correctly b) is it's molar mass is 193.9g/mol, what is it's molecular formula so my answer was 193.9/48.45= 4.00206, so each molecule times 4, (CHCl)4? is that correct? Thanks for the help

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2017-01-25 1:00 am
a)
Atomic masses: C = 12.0, H = 1.0, Cl = 35.5

Mole ratio C : H : Cl
= (24.78/12.0) : (2.08/1.0) : (73.14/35.5)
= 2.07 : 2.08 : 2.06
= (2.07/2.06) : (2.08/2.06) : (2.06/2.06)
= 1.00 : 1.01 : 1.00
= 1 : 1 : 1

The empirical formula = CHCl


b)
Let (CHCl)n be the molecular formula.

Molar mass of the compound :
(12.0 + 1.0 + 35.5) n = 193.9
48.5 n = 193.9
n = 4

The molecular formula = C₄H₄Cl₄
2017-01-25 12:54 am
It appears that your math is correct. If we take a 100-gram sample of the compound, that's 24.78 grams of carbon (about 2 moles of carbon), 2.08 grams of hydrogen (about 2 moles of hydrogen), and 73.14 grams of chlorine (again, about 2 moles of chlorine). So the C, H, and Cl are in a 1:1:1 mole ratio, which gives the empirical formula CHCl

It appears that your molecular formula calculation is correct as well. One possible quibble: are you meant to write the answer as (CHCl)4, or as C4H4Cl4? Check with your teacher to be sure.

I hope that helps. Good luck!


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