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Starter Finish the study guide from yesterday
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Ch. 7B Using Chemical Formulas 7B.4 Determining Molecular Formulas
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Molecular Formulas the molecular formula is the actual formula for a compound could be same as the empirical formula but doesn’t have to be same to find molecular formula: need empirical formula need empirical formula need actual molar mass (or formula mass) need actual molar mass (or formula mass) compare the molar mass of empirical formula to actual molar mass
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Example 1 In the last example the empirical formula was found to be P 2 O 5. Experimentation shows that the molar mass is actually 283.89 g/mol. Find the molecular formula.
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Example 1 Find molar mass of empirical formula 2(30.9738) + 5(15.9995) = 141.9446 Divide the actual molar mass by the empirical formula’s molar mass 283.89 / 141.9446 ≈ 2 Multiply this number by each subscript in empirical formula P 4 O 10
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Example 2 Use the percent composition to write the empirical formula: 41.39 % C, 3.47 % H, and 55.14 % O / 3.443 = 1
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Example 2 empirical formula: CHO If the actual molecular mass is 116.07 g/mol, what is the molecular formula? Find the molar mass of CHO Find the molar mass of CHO 1(12.011) + 1(1.00794) + 1(15.9994) = 29.018 Compare it to the molecular mass Compare it to the molecular mass 116.07 / 29.018 = 4 Multiply that by subscripts Multiply that by subscripts 4(CHO) = C 4 H 4 O 4
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Example 3 The empirical formula of a compound is C 2 H 5 and its formulas mass is 87 amu. What is the molecular formula? empirical formula mass= 2(12.011) + 5(1.00794) = 29.0617 amu 87 / 29.0617 = 3 molecular formula = C 6 H 15
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