<span>2.4g of a compound of carbon, hydrogen and oxygen gave on combustion, 3.52g of CO2 and 1.44g of H2O. The relative molecular mass of the compound was found to be 60. a)What are the masses of carbon, hydrogen and oxygen in 2.4g of the compound? b)What are the emperical and ..</span>
Answer:
a) KOH
Explanation:
In the given balanced reaction
2K + 2H2O → 2KOH + H2
In the compound KOH,
The elements are K,O, and H and in the compound, there is one mole each of K , O ,and H.
So the element ratio here is 1 : 1 : 1.
Answer: 3) 39.96 amu
Explanation:
Mass of isotope Ar- 36 = 35.97 amu
% abundance of isotope Ar- 36= 0.337% = 
Mass of isotope Ar- 38 = 37.96 amu
% abundance of isotope 2 = 0.063 % = 
Mass of isotope Ar- 40 = 39.96 amu
% abundance of isotope 2 = 99.600 % = 
Formula used for average atomic mass of an element :

![A=\sum[(35.97\times 3.37\times 10^{-3})+(37.96\times 6.3\times 10^{-4})+(39.96\times 0.996)]](https://tex.z-dn.net/?f=A%3D%5Csum%5B%2835.97%5Ctimes%203.37%5Ctimes%2010%5E%7B-3%7D%29%2B%2837.96%5Ctimes%206.3%5Ctimes%2010%5E%7B-4%7D%29%2B%2839.96%5Ctimes%200.996%29%5D)

Therefore, the average atomic mass of argon is 39.96 amu