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Chapter 3:

(c) An insecticide contains 25.3% carbon and 74.7% chlorine.


(a)

determine the empirical formula of the compound.

(b) if the relative molecular mass of the insecticide is 285, what is its
molecular formula?
[Relative atomic mass: C, 12; Cl, 35.5]

[Ans: a.CCl, b.C6Cl6]

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