A compound contains only carbon, hydrogen, and oxygen. Combustion of 10.68mg of the compound yields 16.01 mg CO2 and 4.37 mg H2O

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A compound contains only carbon, hydrogen, and oxygen. Combustion of 10.68mg of the compound yields 16.01 mg CO2 and 4.37 mg H2O

. The molar mass of the compound is 176.1g/mol. What are the empirical and molecular formulas?

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Zielflug [23.3K] · Answer 1 · 2022-03-24T09:09:52+03:00

<span>Molecular formulas tell you how many atoms of each element are in a compound, and empirical formulastell you the simplest or most reduced ratio of elements in a compound. ... Also, many compounds with different molecular formula have the same<span>empirical formula</span></span>