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The molecular formula would have to be C4H10 as the number of hydrogen atoms cannot exceed 2+2X where X is the number of carbon atoms.
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Is CH2O an empirical or molecular formula?
CCl4 is the molecular formula for carbon tetrachloride. It is the same as its empirical formula.
What is the empirical formula of hexane?
The molecular formula of hexane is C6H14. The empirical formula is the same as the molecular formula after division of all subscripts in the molecular formula by the highest integer that produce an integer quotient from each subscript in the molecular formula. Therefore, the empirical formula of hexane is C3H7.
What is the empirical formula of a compound with the molecular formula C 12 H 8?
Empirical formula: C3H2
The empirical formula is CH2O. What is the molecular formula of this compound?
The simplest possibility is the same as the empirical formula, which is the molecular formula of formaldehyde, although it would probably more often be written as H2CO.
Is the number of atoms in a molecular formula always greater than a empirical?
No. A molecular formula can be the same as the empirical formula, such as CH4 (methane), because the two component atoms exist in a ratio that cannot be mathematically further broken down - one carbon to four hydrogens. In this case the molecular formula (the actual number of atoms per molecule), and the empirical formula (the simplest ratio of those numbers) is identical. On the other hand, ethane, C2H6 - two carbons to 6 hydrogens - has a molecular formula of C2H6 and a empirical formula of CH3, the ratio of 2 to 6 reduced to its simplest whole number form. Sooooooooooo, the molecular formula will always be equal to or greater than the empirical formula, and the empirical formula will always be equal to or less than the molecular formula. In other words (as if that wasn't enough), the molecular formula will never be less than the empirical formula and the empirical formula will never be greater than the molecular formula, but THE TWO CAN BE EQUAL. Whew!!! Ray
Is CH2O an empirical or molecular formula?
CCl4 is the molecular formula for carbon tetrachloride. It is the same as its empirical formula.
Is C4H10 an empirical formula or a molecular formula for butane?
The butane formula is molecular C4H10. Its empirical formula is C2H5
What is the molecular formula of a substance that has an empirical formula of C2H5 and a molecular mass of 58 grams per mole?
If C2H5 was the molecular formula its molecular mass would be 29 ( 12 x 2 + 5 x 1) However, 29 x 2 = 58 the actual molecular mass. So we double up the atoms in C2H5 to C4H10 . C4H10 is the molecular formula.
What is the empirical formula for butane?
Well you know that Butanoic Acid's Molecular formula is C3H7COOH, and Empirical formula is a compound showig the simplest ratio of numbers of atoms of each element in the compound. Now the question is, can you simply C3H7COOH ? Nope! Then the Empirical formula is also C3H7COOH
What is the ratio for butane?
Do you mean the molecular formula? If so, then it is C4H10. If you mean empirical formula, then it is C2H5.
How are the empirical and molecular for a compound related?
A molecular formula is identical to the empirical formula, and is based on quantity of atoms of each type in the compound.The relationship between empirical and molecular formula is that the empirical formula is the simplest formula, and the molecular can be the same as the empirical, or some multiple of it. An example might be an empirical formula of C3H8. Its molecular formula may be C3H8 , C6H16, C9H24, etc. Looking at it the other way, if the molecular formula is C6H12O6, the empirical formula would be CH2O.
How are empirical and molecular for a compound related?
A molecular formula is identical to the empirical formula, and is based on quantity of atoms of each type in the compound.The relationship between empirical and molecular formula is that the empirical formula is the simplest formula, and the molecular can be the same as the empirical, or some multiple of it. An example might be an empirical formula of C3H8. Its molecular formula may be C3H8 , C6H16, C9H24, etc. Looking at it the other way, if the molecular formula is C6H12O6, the empirical formula would be CH2O.
How are the Empirical and molecular formulas for compounds related?
A molecular formula is identical to the empirical formula, and is based on quantity of atoms of each type in the compound.The relationship between empirical and molecular formula is that the empirical formula is the simplest formula, and the molecular can be the same as the empirical, or some multiple of it. An example might be an empirical formula of C3H8. Its molecular formula may be C3H8 , C6H16, C9H24, etc. Looking at it the other way, if the molecular formula is C6H12O6, the empirical formula would be CH2O.
How are empirical and molecular formulas for a compound relation?
A molecular formula is identical to the empirical formula, and is based on quantity of atoms of each type in the compound.The relationship between empirical and molecular formula is that the empirical formula is the simplest formula, and the molecular can be the same as the empirical, or some multiple of it. An example might be an empirical formula of C3H8. Its molecular formula may be C3H8 , C6H16, C9H24, etc. Looking at it the other way, if the molecular formula is C6H12O6, the empirical formula would be CH2O.
How are the empirical molecular formulas for a compound related?
A molecular formula is identical to the empirical formula, and is based on quantity of atoms of each type in the compound.The relationship between empirical and molecular formula is that the empirical formula is the simplest formula, and the molecular can be the same as the empirical, or some multiple of it. An example might be an empirical formula of C3H8. Its molecular formula may be C3H8 , C6H16, C9H24, etc. Looking at it the other way, if the molecular formula is C6H12O6, the empirical formula would be CH2O.
Which chemical formula is both an empirical formula and a molecular formula?
It would be a molecular formula for C3h5o.
Can the empirical formula of a compound be triple its molecular formula?
No: The molecular formula is never smaller than the empirical formula.
