An alkanol has the following composition by mass: Hydrogen 13.5%, oxygen 21.6% and carbon 64.9% Determine the empirical formula of the alkanol (C = 12.0: H = 1.0; O = 16.0)

      

An alkanol has the following composition by mass: Hydrogen 13.5%, oxygen 21.6% and carbon 64.9%
Determine the empirical formula of the alkanol (C = 12.0: H = 1.0; O = 16.0)

  

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John
Elements C H O

mass 64.9 13.5 21.6

moles $\frac{64.9}{12}$ $\frac{13.5}{1}$ $\frac{21.6}{16}$

Ratio 4 : 10 : 1


Emperical formula is C4H10O or C4H9OH
johnmulu answered the question on February 22, 2017 at 05:25


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