Lesson No: 5

Name of student: _____________________ Teacher’s Name : Ms.Komathi

Class : Secondary 4
Date :
SEKOLAH MENENGAH ST BENEDICT
Subject : Chemistry
Chapter : 3: Chemical Formulae and Equations
Sub-Topic : 3.5: Chemical Formulae (Empirical)

*The empirical formulae of glucose is after divided by ‘2’ from the molecular formulae

Teacher’s Example
Example 1:

A sample of aluminium oxide contain 1.08g of aluminium and 0.96 g of oxygen. What is the
empirical formula of this compound? [RAM: O=16, Al=27]

Example2:

0.20g of calcium reacts with fluorine to give 0.39 g of calcium fluoride. Find the empirical
formula of the fluoride compound.
Exercise: