An unknown compound has a formula of CxHyOz. You burn .1523g of the compound and isolate...

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An unknown compound has a formula of CxHyOz. You burn .1523g ofthe compound and isolate .3718g of CO2 and .1522 g of H2O. What isthe empirical formula of the compound? if the molar mass is 72.1g/mol, what is the molecular formula?

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total Carbon of the compound converted as CO2 total Hydrogen converted as H2O 44gm of CO2 is having 12 gm of C 03718 gm of CO2 037181244 01014 gm of C 18 gm of H2O contains    See Answer
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