Atoms that gain an electrons have a _____ Charge?
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The actual amount of substance doesn’t matter for this problem, so assume an easy mass of compound using the percentages: 82.63 g C and 17.37 g H. There is also no need to worry about significant figures in an empirical formula problem.
Find the number of moles of each element:
Find the ratio of the elements, and simplify until there are whole numbers that you can put into the empirical formula.
There are 5 mol H for every 2 mol C, so the empirical formula should be .