The answer is a, because the population number has increased.
The reaction that would take place if hot tungsten was
surrounded by air is that it would react to the oxygen in air to form non
conducting tungsten oxide and burns out instantly.
The answer is TRUE chemical changes do involve breaking and the making of chemical bonds.
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.