Question

A compound contains only carbon, hydrogen, and oxygen. Combustion of 10.68mg of the compound yields 16.01 mg CO2 and 4.37 mg H2O. The molar mass of the compound is 176.1g/mol. What are the empirical and molecular formulas?

Answer 1

Molecular formulas tell you how many atoms of each element are in a compound, and empirical formulastell you the simplest or most reduced ratio of elements in a compound. ... Also, many compounds with different molecular formula have the sameempirical formula