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Q: Is formaldehyde CH2O and acetic acid C2H4O2 have the same empirical formula but different?
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What formaldehyde CH2O and acetic acid C2H4O2 have the same empirical formula but different?

Empirical formula is a useless notion; important is the molecular formula.


What is empirical formula of acetic acid (CH3COOH)?

This is an empirical formula - a formula without indication about the structure of the molecule.


Determine the molecular formula for the unknown if the molecular mass is 60.0 amu and the empirical formula is CH2O.?

C2H4O2=molecular formula, basically you multiply the empirical formula by 2.


Empirical formula of acetic acid?

C2H4O2 normally written as CH3COOH to show the presence of the carboxyic acid group


What is the compound that has an empirical formula of CH2?

C12h24


Is c2h4o2 a empirical formula?

Yes, it LOOKS like an empirical formula BUT it is NOT a correct one:Either C9H20 or C8H18 are correct (both are saturated alkanes) but not C8H20


C2h4o2 determine wheter this is empirical or molecular explain?

yes i can answer it


What is the formula for CH2O?

C2h4o2 is the molecular formula for CH2O.


Molecular formula for acetic acid?

CH3COOH Or if you like... C2H4O2


What is an organic compound with a ratio of one carbon compound to two hydrogen atoms to one oxygen atom?

There are numerous compounds with this ratio. The simplest of them is formaldehyde with the formula CH2O. More complex molecules with more atoms but the same ratio include acetic acid (C2H4O2), lactic acid (C3H6O3), and glucose and its isomers (C6H12O6).


What is the chemical formulae of acetic acid?

expanded Formula: CH3COOH, condensed Formula: C2H4O2


What chemical formula of actic acid?

The acetic acid is C2H4O2. It is often written has CH3CO2 to distinguish it from its isomers.