The empirical formula is Fe₃O₄.
The empirical formula is the <em>simplest whole-number ratio of atoms</em> in a compound.
The ratio of atoms is the same as the ratio of moles, so our job is to calculate the molar ratio of Fe to O.
I like to summarize the calculations in a table.
<u>Element</u> <u>Moles</u> <u>Ratio</u>¹ <u>×3</u>² <u>Integers</u>³
Fe 0.77 1 3 3
O 1.0 1.3 3.9 4
¹ To get the molar ratio, you divide each number of moles by the smallest number (0.77).
² If the ratio is not close to an integer, multiply by a number (in this case, 3) to get numbers that are close to integers.
³ Round off these numbers to integers (3 and 4).
The empirical formula is Fe₃O₄.
<u>Answer:</u> The correct answer is Option E.
<u>Explanation:</u>
Every balanced chemical equation follows law of conservation of mass.
This law states that mass can neither be created nor be destroyed but it can only be transformed from one form to another form.
This also means that total mass on the reactant side must be equal to the total mass on the product side.
The balanced chemical equation for the reaction of aluminium and water follows:
The coefficient of Aluminium is 2.
Hence, the correct answer is Option E.
(20*1000)÷(molecular weight of H3po4*50)
