You analyze a 42.6582 g sample of a compound comprised of 5.2279 g of carbon, 20.8914 g of oxygen and the rest is fluorine. a) What is the percent of carbon and percent of oxygen in the sample? b) What is the mass of fluorine in the sample? c) What is the percent of fluorine in the sample? d) What is the empirical formula for the compound? e) If the molar mass of the compound is 392.04 g/mol, what is the molecular formula?

You analyze a 42.6582 g sample of a compound comprised of 5.2279 g of carbon, 20.8914 g of oxygen and the rest is fluorine. a) What is the percent of carbon and percent of oxygen in the sample? b) What is the mass of fluorine in the sample? c) What is the percent of fluorine in the sample? d) What is the empirical formula for the compound? e) If the molar mass of the compound is 392.04 g/mol, what is the molecular formula?

Chemical Principles in the Laboratory

11th Edition

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Author:Emil Slowinski, Wayne C. Wolsey, Robert Rossi

Publisher:Emil Slowinski, Wayne C. Wolsey, Robert Rossi

Chapter4: Determination Of A Chemical Formula

Section: Chapter Questions

Problem 2ASA: If one can find the ratio of the number of moles of the elements in a compound to one another, one...

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