A #0.967*g# mass of an oxide of phosphorus contains #0.422*g# of phosphorus. What is its empirical formula?
1 Answer
Sep 11, 2017
We gots
Explanation:
We calculate the empirical formula....
We divide thru by the SMALLEST MOLAR quantity to give an empirical formula of
Now the empirical formula is by definition the simplest WHOLE number ratio, so we double the trial formula to give.....
The actual molecule is