hen chemistry teachers prepare an exam question on determining the empirical formula of a compound, they usually take a known compound and calculate the percent composition of the compound from the formula. They then give students this percent composition of and have the students calculate the original formula. Using a compound of your choice, first use the molecular formula of the compound to calculate the percent composition of the compound. Then use this percent composition data to calculate the empirical formula of the compound.
Interpretation:
To determine the percentage composition of a compound of your choice and then use these percentage composition to determine the molecular formulas of the same, after that find the empirical formula with the help of percentage composition data.
Concept Introduction:
Percentage by mass of any element in the compound is the amount of that element in the total amount of the compound.
The chemical formula which represents the simplest whole number atoms ratio present in the compound is said to be empirical formula.
The chemical formula which shows the actual number of every atoms present in the compound is known as molecular formula.
Number of moles can be calculated as follows;
The chemical formula which represents the simplest whole number atoms ratio present in the compound is said to be empirical formula.
For an example: cyclopropane has three carbon atoms and six hydrogen atoms and the ratio of carbon and hydrogen is 1:2; thus the empirical formula of cyclopropane is
The chemical formula which shows the actual number of every atoms present in the compound is known as molecular formula.
For example: the molecular formula of cyclopropane is
Percentage of nitrogen in
The molar mass of
Mass percentage of N :
Mass percentage of C :
Mass percentage of H :
To known the molecular formula for a compound we know that percentage of their element and the molar mass of that compound. For example: the percentage of C is 75.06%, percentage of N is 17.51% and the percentage of H is 6.3%
Remember that percent means “parts per 100.” Therefore, if we simply assume that we have a 100-g quantity of compound, the percents converts to specific masses as follows.
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