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antoniya [11.8K]
4 years ago
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The percent composition by mass of a compound is 76.0% c, 12.8% h, and 11.2% o. the molar mass of this compound is 284.5 g/mol.

what is the molecular formula of the compound?
Chemistry
1 answer:
Leokris [45]4 years ago
7 0
You have a few steps to solve this one. First, we'll find the molar mass by percentage of each element in the molecule. Then, we'll divide each of those relative masses by the atomic mass of each element. The number of times the mass divides into the relative mass is the number of atoms of that element in the molecule:

C: 284.5 x .76 = 216.22
H: 284.5 x .128= 36.416
O: 284.5 x .112 = 31.864.

Now we divide out each element's atomic mass (from the periodic table). it's okay if they're approximated from the decimal answer.
C: 216.22 ÷ 12.011 ≈ 18
H: 36.416 ÷ 1.008 ≈36
O: 31.864 ÷ 15.999 ≈ 2

Therefore, the molecular formula is C18H36O2. 

The empirical formula would be found by dividing out all factors of those subscript numbers. In our case, all of them can be divided by 2. The empirical formula would be C9H18O




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