664 Chemical Problems [Parr v *6, Tf 0-36 grm. of an organic compound which con- tains only carbon, hydrogen, and oxygen yields on com. bustion 0-528 grm. of carbon dioxide and 0-216 grm. of water, what is its empirical formula ? C= 1230 = 14H #1" Reference to pp. 454-6, 467-9 will enable the student to solve this problem. Answer, CH,O. *7, Fifty c.c. of a mixture of nitrous and nitric oxides were mixed with an equal volume of hydrogen in a eudio- meter, and the mixture was fired. After the condensa- tion of the steam, 40 cc. of nitrogen remained: how mueh nitric oxide was present ? . {For the composition of these oxides by volume, see pp. 173, 176.) Let x ¢.c. of nitrogen come from the N.O and BOR ow ” x NO then ety = 4 cc, and also n+ 2y = 50 aes ote = 10 ae, te vol. ‘of NO = 20 ce. and vol. of N,O = 30 ae. *8, If a certain quantity of sodium bicarbonate is completely converted by heat into sodium carbonate, and the carbonate thus obtained requires 24:5 grm. of a 10 per cent. solution of sulphuric acid for complete conversion to sodium sulphate, calculate the original weight of sodium bicarbonate taken and the volume of carbon dioxide, measured at 0° and 760 mm., given off” during its conversion to carbonate. Na = 23,0 = 12,0 = 16H = 1,8 = 32 The reactions are— (a) 2NaHGO, = Na,CO, + CO, + H,O (8) Na,CO, + H,SO, = Na,SO, + CO, + HO The quantity of H,SO, employed is 2-45 grm., and this is J,th of the gramme-molecule, 98, Hence we see