Empirical Formulas

What is the empirical formula if you have 36.84% nitrogen and 63.16% oxygen?

• NO
• N₂O₃
• N₂O₄
• N₂O₅

An empirical formula:

• is a formula that calculates the coefficients of a compound in a balanced equation.
• is the simplest whole-number ratio of moles of elements in the compound.

You are given the following percentages: 40.05% S and 59.95% O. Find the empirical formula for these elements. (keep two decimal places throughout calculations)

• SO
• SO₂
• SO₃
• SO₄

What is the empirical formula if you have 88.80% copper and 11.20% oxygen?

• Cu₃O₈
• CuO₄
• Cu₂O
• Cu₄O₁₀

What is the empirical formula of the following molecular formula:  C₃H₆

• C₃H₆
• CH₂
• C₂H₄
• CH₃

Which one is empirical?

• H₂O₂
• C₂H₆O₁₂
• CaCl₂
• N₂O₈

Which pair has the same empirical formula?

• NaCrO₄ and Na₂Cr₂O₇
• C₂H₄O₂ and C₆H₁₂O₆
• C₃H₆O₃ and C₂H₆O₂
• CH₄ and C₂H₆

What is the empirical formula for a compound containing: 92.30% carbon and 7.70% hydrogen

• CH
• CH₄
• C₂H₄
• C₂H₄