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Topic 2 Exercise 4 - Empirical and Molecular Formulae

This document provides examples of calculating empirical and molecular formulas from percentage compositions of elements in compounds and their relative molecular masses. It includes finding formulas for compounds containing carbon, hydrogen, oxygen, bromine, iron, silicon, chlorine, sulfur and determining the mass of sulfur in a given amount of sulfuric acid.

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Topic 2 Exercise 4 - Empirical and Molecular Formulae

This document provides examples of calculating empirical and molecular formulas from percentage compositions of elements in compounds and their relative molecular masses. It includes finding formulas for compounds containing carbon, hydrogen, oxygen, bromine, iron, silicon, chlorine, sulfur and determining the mass of sulfur in a given amount of sulfuric acid.

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Topic 2 Exercise 4 - empirical and molecular formulae

1. A compound contains C 62.08%, H 10.34% and O 27.58% by mass. Find its


empirical formula and its molecular formula given that its relative molecular mass
is 58.

2. Find the empirical formula of the compound containing C 22.02%, H 4.59% and
Br 73.39% by mass.

3. A compound containing 85.71% C and 14.29% H has a relative molecular mass of


56. Find its molecular formula.

4. A compound containing 84.21% carbon and 15.79% hydrogen by mass has a


relative molecular mass of 114. Find its molecular formula.

5. Analysis of a hydrocarbon showed that 7.8 g of the hydrocarbon contained 0.6 g


of hydrogen and that the relative molecular mass was 78. Find the molecular
formula of the hydrocarbon.

6. 3.36 g of iron join with 1.44 g of oxygen in an oxide of iron. What is the empirical
formula of the oxide?

7. What is the percentage composition of SiCl4?

8. What is the mass of sulphur in 1 tonne of H2SO4?

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