A sample of barium reacts completely with oxygen in a specialized crucible. The reaction that occurs is as follows: barium + oxygen → barium oxide The data from your experiment is given below Mass of crucible 8.856 g Mass of crucible + barium 9.356 g Mass of crucible + barium oxide 9.414 g Use the data provided to prove that the empirical formula of barium oxide is BaO

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A sample of barium reacts completely with oxygen in a specialized crucible. The reaction that occurs is
as follows:
barium + oxygen → barium oxide

The data from your experiment is given below
Mass of crucible 8.856 g
Mass of crucible + barium 9.356 g
Mass of crucible + barium oxide 9.414 g

Use the data provided to prove that the empirical formula of barium oxide is BaO.

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