Opal is a hydrated form of silica. If a laboratory analysis of a sample of opal reveals it to contain 29.2% Si, 33.3% O, and 37.5% HO, what is its empirical formula?

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Opal is a hydrated form of silica. If a laboratory analysis of a sample of opal reveals it to contain 29.2% Si, 33.3% O, and 37.5% HO, what is its empirical formula?

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Hydrated form of silica means some of water molecules are present in form of H2O in silica compound.

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