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ChemistryChemistry: An Atoms First ApproachYou are given an unknown gaseous binary compound (that is, a compound consisting of two different elements). When 10.0 g of the compound is burned in excess oxygen, 16.3 g of water is produced. The compound has a density 1.38 times that of oxygen gas at the same conditions of temperature and pressure. Give a possible identity for the unknown compound.

You are given an unknown gaseous binary compound (that is, a compound consisting of two different elements). When 10.0 g of the compound is burned in excess oxygen, 16.3 g of water is produced. The compound has a density 1.38 times that of oxygen gas at the same conditions of temperature and pressure. Give a possible identity for the unknown compound.

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You are given an unknown gaseous binary compound (that is, a compound consisting of two different elements). When 10.0 g of the compound is burned in excess oxygen, 16.3 g of water is produced. The compound has a density 1.38 times that of oxygen gas at the same conditions of temperature and pressure. Give a possible identity for the unknown compound.

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