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Example
1. A compound contains 75% carbon and 25% hydrogen. What is its empirical
formula?
Elements
Amount in question (% or mass)
Atomic mass (periodic table)
Number of moles = Amount in question
Atomic mass
Carbon
75
12
75
12
=6.25
Mole ratio
(divide each number of moles by the 6.25
Empirical
smallestformula
number of moles)
6.25
=1
CH4
Empirical formula
C
2. An oxide of carbon contains 27% carbon.
What is its empirical formula?
Elements
Amount in question (% or mass)
Atomic mass (periodic table)
Number of moles = Amount in question
Atomic mass
Carbon
27
12
27
12
= 2.25
Hydrogen
25
1
25
1
=25
25
6.25
=4
H4
Oxygen
2.25
=
Fe + S
FeS
1mole of Fe reacts with 1mole of S to make 1mole of FeS
How many
moles are we
using?
How many
moles of
product will
be made ?
Amount of
product
produced.
Example 2
How much carbon would be needed to make 8.8g of carbon dioxide?
Equation
C + O2
CO2
This means;
How many
We have made __g of CO2
moles are we 1 mole of CO2 has a mass of _________g
making?
Number of moles of CO2 that have been made =Mass of CO2 made
Mass of 1mole of CO2
=
How many
moles of
product will
be made ?
Amount of
reactant
used
8CO2
+ 10H2O.