Answer:
Fe₃Si₇
Explanation:
In order to determine the empirical formula, we have to follow a series of steps.
Step 1: Determine the percent composition
Fe: 46.01%
Si: 53.99%
Step 2: Divide each percentage by the atomic mass of the element
Fe: 46.01/55.85 = 0.8238
Si: 53.99/28.09 = 1.922
Step 3: Divide all the numbers by the smallest one
Fe: 0.8238/0.8238 = 1
Si: 1.922/0.8238 = 2.33
Step 4: Multiply by numbers that make the coefficients whole.
Fe: 1 × 3 = 3
Si: 2.33 × 3 = 7
The empirical formula is Fe₃Si₇.
John Dalton
Although the concept of the atom dates back to the ideas of Democritus, the English meteorologist and chemist John Dalton formulated the first modern description of it as the fundamental building block of chemical structures.
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The ratio of effusion rates for the lightest gas H₂ to the heaviest known gas UF₆ is 13.21 to 1
<h3>What is effusion?</h3>
Effusion is a process by which a gas escapes from its container through a tiny hole into evacuated space.
Rate of effusion ∝ 1/√Ц, (where Ц is molar mass)
Rate H₂ = 1/√ЦH₂
Rate UF₆ = 1/√ЦUF₆
Therefore, Rate H₂/ Rate UF₆ = √ЦH₂/√ЦUF₆
ЦH₂= 2.016 g/mol
ЦUF₆= 352.04 g/mol
Rate H₂ / Rate UF₆ = √352.04/√2.016 = 18.76/1.42
Rate H₂ / Rate UF₆ = 13.21
Therefore, H₂ is lower mass than UF₆. Thus H₂ gas will effuse 13 times more faster than UF₆ because the most probable speed of H₂ molecule is higher; therefore, more molecules escapes per unit time.
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