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Which step would help a student find the molecular formula of a compound from the empirical formula

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Find the mass of the empirical formula.
You must be given a sample of some kind to calculate the weight or know how many moles are present. Then you figure out what one mol would be. The key step is multiplying the empirical formula numbers by what it takes to make 1 mol.

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⇒ with p = pressure of the gas in atm

⇒ with V = volume of the gas in L

⇒ with n = amount of substance of gas ( in moles)

⇒ with R = gas constant, equal to the product of the Boltzmann constant and the Avogadro constant (62.36 L * Torr *K^−1 *mol^−1)

⇒ with T = absolute temperature of the gas (in Kelvin)

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