98. A sample of an ionic compound that is often used as a dough conditioner is analyzed and found to contain 7.591 g of potassium, 15.514 g of bromine, and 9.319 g of oxygen. What is the empirical formula for this compound? What is its chemical name?

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98. A sample of an ionic compound that is often used as a dough conditioner is analyzed and found to contain 7.591 g of potassium, 15.514 g of bromine, and 9.319 g of oxygen. What is the empirical formula for this compound? What is its chemical name?

104. An ionic compound that is 62.56% lead, 8.46% nitrogen, and 28.98% oxygen is used as a mordant in the dyeing industry. A mordant helps to bind a dye to the fabric. What is the empirical formula for this compound? What do you think its name is? (Consider the possibility that this compound contains more than one polyatomic ion.)

106. It would be advisable for the smokers of the world to consider that nicotine was once used as an insecticide but is no longer used for that purpose because of safety concerns. Nicotine has an empirical formula of C5H7N and a molecular mass of 162.23. What is the molecular formula for nicotine?

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