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Grade 12th passPhysical Chemistry

how do you find empirical formula .................????????????

Profile image of Harshit Singh
5 Years agoGrade 12th pass
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Profile image of Pawan Prajapati
5 Years ago
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Follow them in the given order :-
1. Divide the percentage of each element by its atomic mass.
2. Divide the quotients obtained in the above step by the smallest of them to get a simple ratio of moles of various elements.
3. Multiply the figure, so obtained by a suitable integer (if necessary) to get a whole number ratio.
4. Finally write down the symbols of various elements side by side and put the above number as subscripts to the lower right hand side corner of each symbol.

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