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I believe this is a K-12 test question. If the answers below are what you have on your test . . .
- Precise
- Accurate
- Identical
- None of the above
Then the answer is <u>precise</u>.
It is more likely 9. pH 4 is acidic and pH 9 is basic, and as the pH of a substance gets closer to 0 or 14, the substance becomes more corrosive or reactive. As 4 is closer to 0 than 9 is to 14, there is a much higher chance the solution has a pH of 9, because pH 4 is less neutral and therefore more corrosive/reactive than pH 9.
The way you calculate the empirical formula is to firstly assume 100g. To find each elements moles you take each elements percentage listed, times it by one mole and divide it by its atomic mass. (ex: moles of K =55.3g x 1 mole/39.1g, therefore there is 1.41432225 moles of Potassium) Once you’ve completed this for every element you list each elements symbol beside it’s number of moles and divide by the smallest number because it can only go into its self once. After you’ve done this, you’ve found your empirical formula, which is the simplest whole number ratio of atoms in a compound. I’ve added an example of a empirical question I completed last semester :)
Moles of nitrogen = 49.84 / 28 = 1.78
Moles of hydrogen = 10.7 / 2 = 5.35
Molar ratio of nitrogen to hydrogen = 1 : 3
Hydrogen required = 1.78 x 3 = 5.34
Therefore, hydrogen is in excess and nitrogen is the limiting reagent.