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Archy [21]
3 years ago
10

Dr. Moore has discovered a new vaccine composed of carbon, hydrogen, and oxygen. When the product was purified and sent off for

elemental analysis it gave the following mass percents: 68.85% C, 4.95% H. Determine the empirical formula of this vaccine.
Chemistry
2 answers:
Crazy boy [7]3 years ago
4 0

Answer:

C_7H_6O_2

Explanation:

We have to assume that we have <u>100 g of the unknow</u>  as first step. With this in mind we can <u>calculate the grams of C, H and O</u> in the sample.

100~g~\frac{68.85}{100}=68.85~g~of~C

100~g~\frac{4.95}{100}=4.95~g~of~H

For the calculation of O we have to know the <u>percentage of O</u> therefore we can add the percentages of H and C and then do a <u>substraction from 100 </u>%, so:

%~of~O=~100-(68.85+4.95)=~26.2~%~of~O100-(68.85+4.95)=26.2 %

With this value we can<u> calculate the amount of O in grams</u> in the sample:

100~g~\frac{26.2}{100}=26.2~g~of~O

The next step is the <u>calculation of moles for each atom</u>, for this we have to know the <u>atomic mass</u> of each atom ( C: 12 g/mol; H 1 g/mol; O 16 g/mol):

68.85~g~of~C\frac{1~mol~C}{12~g~C}=~5.74~mol~C

4.95~g~of~H\frac{1~mol~H}{1~g~H}=4.95~mol~of~H

26.2~g~of~O\frac{1~mol~O}{16~g~O}=1.64~mol~of~O

Now we have to <u>divide by the smallest value</u>, so:

\frac{5.74~mol~C}{1.64}=3.5

\frac{4.95~mol~H}{1.64}=3

\frac{1.64~mol~O}{1.64}=1

We obtain an <u>decimal number</u> for C, therefore we have to <u>multiply</u> all by "2", so:

3.5x2= 7~mol~C

3x2= 6~mol~H

1x2= 2~mol~O

Therefore <u>the formula would be</u>: C_7H_6O_2

pantera1 [17]3 years ago
3 0

Answer:

C4H3O

Explanation:

Data obtained from the question include:

Carbon (C) = 68.85%

Hydrogen (H) = 4.95%

Since the vaccine contains carbon, hydrogen and oxygen, the remaining percentage will be for oxygen. The percentage of oxygen will be:

Oxygen (O) = 100 - (68.85 + 4.95)

= 26.2%

The empirical formula for the vaccine can be obtained as follow:

Carbon (C) = 68.85%

Hydrogen (H) = 4.95%

Oxygen (O) = 26.2%

Divide the above by their individual molar mass as shown below:

C = 68.85/12 = 5.7375

H = 4.95/1 = 4.95

O = 26.2/16 = 1.6375

Next, divide by the smallest number as shown below:

C = 5.7375/1.6375 = 4

H = 4.95/1.6375 = 3

O = 1.6375/1.6375 = 1

Therefore, the empirical formula for the vaccine is C4H3O

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