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Grade 11Organic Chemistry

A famous pesticide has approx 50% chlorine by mass if formula of pesticide is C(14)H(y)Cl(z). Then possible value of z is A.6 B.5 C.1 D.4

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9 Years agoGrade 11
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9 Years ago
DDT is a pesticide having molecular formula C14H9Cl5. So Z=5, y=9. DDT-Di-chloro Diphenyl Trichloro Ethane...