Rebuild the formula hunt
Exercise and reference answers
- Missing parts
- Answer
- 2.272
- Choices
- 3.421
- 2.272
- Answer
- 4.544
- Choices
- 4.544
- 6.055
- Answer
- 2
- Choices
- 2
- 3
- Answer
- CO2
- Choices
- CO2
- CO
- C2O
- Complete the statement
- A 100 g gas sample holds 27.29 g C and 72.71 g O. Carbon: 27.29/12.01 = {0} mol. Oxygen: 72.71/16.00 = {1} mol. Ratio 1 : {2}, so the formula is {3}.
- Instructions
- Tap the right value for each blank in the worked example.
Explanation
_Source: OpenStax Chemistry (CC BY 4.0), Ch 3 "Composition of Substances and Solutions", section 3.2 Determining Empirical and Molecular Formulas_