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HONORS WORKSHEET 4c: Empirical Formula

1. A common oxide of nitrogen contains 25.93% N. Deduce the empirical formula of the oxide.
Neos (2)

25.939N t.mn w
4ff
m.o
goe 444
2 s

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2. A compound that is usually used as a fertilizer can also be used as a powerful explosive. The
compound has the composition, 35.00% nitrogen, 59.96% oxygen and the remainder being
hydrogen. What is its empirical formula? Given it is ionic, suggest a name for the compound.
(3)

3s 00 347 3

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3. What are the empirical formulae for these compounds, that both contain five carbon atoms?
(2)

(a) C5H10
H2
(b) C5H12
shr
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4. A substance has an empirical formula of CH2Br and a molar mass of 188 g mol . What is the
molecular formula of the compound? (1)
93.939
eh Bri 2
2.00 79.90
183.843

12.01
thtt

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5. The common pain medicine, Advil, contains the active ingredient Ibuprofen that has a molar
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mass of 206 g mol . Ibuprofen contains 75.73% C, 8.74% H, the remainder being oxygen.
What are the empirical and molecular formulae for Ibuprofen? (4)

7
71 in

87it
8f. 1
3 g.I
mt
s
isHis
Bra

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6. The molar mass of the common antibiotic oxytetracycline is found to be 460 g mol and a
2.000 g sample contains 1.1478 g of carbon, 0.10435 g of H, 0.62609 g of oxygen and the
remainder being nitrogen. What is the molecular formula of the oxytetracycline? (4)

0.159261
1 0.109,3 0.626002 Cz Hea N Oo

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