Complete combustion of 7.70 g of a hydrocarbon produced 23.6 g of CO2 and 11.3 g...

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Complete combustion of 7.70 g of a hydrocarbon produced 23.6 gof CO2 and 11.3 g of H2O. What is the empirical formula for thehydrocarbon? Insert the subscripts:

CH

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There will be the same number of moles of C and H on both sides of the equation so all the Carbon in your original hydrocarbon is now present in CO2 and all H is in the H2O Hydrogen Calculate moles of H in H2O molar mass H2O 1600 2 x 1008 18016 gmol    See Answer
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