An industrial detergent was found to be composed of 57.72% C, 8.073% H, 17.09% O, by mass and the remaining was an unspecified element, X. It was also found that the moles of X was twice that of the moles of O. Given that the molar mass is 566.92 g/mol and that the molar mass is twice the molar mass of that of the emperical formula, what is the molecular formula in terms of X? Identify what element X is by explicit calculation.

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An industrial detergent was found to be composed of 57.72% C, 8.073% H, 17.09% O, by mass and the remaining was an unspecified element, X. It was also found that the moles of X was twice that of the moles of O. Given that the molar mass is 566.92 g/mol and that the molar mass is twice the molar mass of that of the emperical formula, what is the molecular formula in terms of X? Identify what element X is by explicit calculation.

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