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CHEMISTRY- 3.10 Determining a Chemical Formula
from Experimental Data- STUDY GUIDE WITH
COMPLETE VERIFIED SOLUTIONS
Empirical Formula - ✔✔Represents simplest whole-number ratio of atoms.



Molecular Formula - ✔✔Indicates actual number of atoms in a molecule.



Mass Percent Composition - ✔✔Percentage by mass of each element in a compound.



Molar Mass - ✔✔Mass of one mole of a substance, in g/mol.



Decomposition - ✔✔Chemical reaction breaking down a compound into elements.



Pseudoformula - ✔✔Initial formula using moles as subscripts.



Conversion to Moles - ✔✔Divide mass by molar mass for each element.



Whole-Number Subscripts - ✔✔Final subscripts in empirical formula must be integers.



Step 1: Masses - ✔✔Record masses of each element in the sample.



Step 2: Moles Calculation - ✔✔Convert masses to moles using molar mass.



Step 3: Pseudoformula Creation - ✔✔Write formula using calculated moles as subscripts.

, Step 4: Divide by Smallest - ✔✔Normalize subscripts by dividing by smallest subscript.



Step 5: Whole Numbers - ✔✔Adjust subscripts to whole numbers if necessary.



Example 3.17 - ✔✔Nitrogen and oxygen compound yields empirical formula.



Example 3.18 - ✔✔Aspirin's mass percent leads to empirical formula.



Relative Masses - ✔✔Masses of elements used to determine formulas.



Hydrogen Mass - ✔✔0.857 g of hydrogen from water decomposition.



Oxygen Mass - ✔✔6.86 g of oxygen from water decomposition.



Nitrogen Mass - ✔✔24.5 g of nitrogen from laboratory analysis.



Oxygen Mass (Example) - ✔✔70.0 g of oxygen from nitrogen-oxygen compound.



Carbon Mass (Practice) - ✔✔165 g of carbon from compound decomposition.



Hydrogen Mass (Practice) - ✔✔27.8 g of hydrogen from compound decomposition.



Oxygen Mass (Practice) - ✔✔220.2 g of oxygen from compound decomposition.



Empirical Formula - ✔✔Simplest whole-number ratio of elements in a compound.

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