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1. The percentage by mass of the elements in calcite is 40.0 % strontium, 12.0 % carbon and
48% oxygen. What is the empirical formula of calcite?
2. A sample of aspirin contains 6.00 g of carbon, 0.44 g of hydrogen, and 3.56 g of oxygen.
What is the empirical formula of aspirin.
3. Find the empirical formula of the compound formed when 3.528 g of iron react to form
10.237 g of a chloride.
4. Elemental analysis of a salt X gave the following % by mass, the remainder being oxygen:
Its relative molecular is 304. Determine the molecular formula of the salt.
6. A sample of magnesium sulphate crystals weighing 0.942 g was heated to drive off the
water of crystallization. When it reached constant mass, the mass of the residue was
0. 461g. Calculate the empirical formula of the hydrate
7. A sample of calcium sulphate crystals weighing 1.124 g was heated to drive off the water of
crystallization. When it reached constant mass, the mass of the residue was 0. 889 g.
Calculate the empirical formula of the hydrate.