Practice Exercise 1Tetracarbon dioxide is an unstable oxide of carbon with thefollowing molecular structure:What are the molecular and empirical formulas of thissubstance? (a) C2O2, CO2 (b) C4O, CO (c) CO2, CO2(d) C4O2, C2O (e) C2O, CO2

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Practice Exercise 1
Tetracarbon dioxide is an unstable oxide of carbon with the
following molecular structure:What are the molecular and empirical formulas of this
substance? (a) C2O2, CO2 (b) C4O, CO (c) CO2, CO2
(d) C4O2, C2O (e) C2O, CO2

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