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EmpiricalFormula
Theempiricalformulaofacompoundshows
thesmallestwholenumberratiooftheatoms
inthecompound.
Ethyne(C2H2)isagasused
inwelder'storches.
Styrene(C8H8)isusedin
makingpolystyrene.
Theyhavethesameempirical
formula,buthavedifferent
molecularformulas.
Example
1
7_Empirical&MolecularFormulas
Practice
Page310,question36&37.
36. Calculatetheempiricalformulaofeach
compound.
a)94.1%O,5.9%H
b)67.7%Hg,10.8%S,21.6%O
37. 1,6diaminohexaneisusedtomakenylon.
Whatistheempiricalformulaofthis
compoundifitis62.1%C,13.8%Hand
24.1%N?
MolecularFormula
Themolecularformulaofacompoundiseither:
1. Thesameastheempiricalformula,or
2. Asimplewholenumbermultipleofits
empiricalformula.Thisiswheremolar
massisimportant.
2
7_Empirical&MolecularFormulas
CalculatingMolecularFormulas(includesionic
compounds)
A.Determineempiricalformula
B.Determinemolarmassofcompound
C.DivideMolarMass
Emp.FormulaMass
D.Takeeachelementintheempiricalformulatimes
bynumberfromstepC
E.Writeoutnewformula
Example
3
7_Empirical&MolecularFormulas
Example
Practice
45. Thecompoundmethylbutanoatesmells
likeapples.Itspercentcompositionis
58.8%C,9.8%H,and31.4%Oandits
molarmassis102g/mol.Whatisits
empiricalformula?Whatisitsmolecular
formula?