a. A piece of iron metal with a mass of 42.5g is burned in the presence of oxygen. The resulting iron oxide has a mass of 60.8g. What is the empirical formula of the iron oxide? b. A sample contains 60.0 % C, 13.3 % H and 26.7% O by mass. What is the empirical formula for the compound? c. If the molar mass of the compound was determined to be 233g/mole, what is the molecular formula of the compound?

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a. A piece of iron metal with a mass of 42.5g is burned in the presence of oxygen. The resulting
iron oxide has a mass of 60.8g. What is the empirical formula of the iron oxide?
b. A sample contains 60.0 % C, 13.3 % H and 26.7% O by mass. What is the empirical formula for
the compound?
c. If the molar mass of the compound was determined to be 233g/mole, what is the molecular
formula of the compound?
Transcribed Image Text:a. A piece of iron metal with a mass of 42.5g is burned in the presence of oxygen. The resulting iron oxide has a mass of 60.8g. What is the empirical formula of the iron oxide? b. A sample contains 60.0 % C, 13.3 % H and 26.7% O by mass. What is the empirical formula for the compound? c. If the molar mass of the compound was determined to be 233g/mole, what is the molecular formula of the compound?
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