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Empirical Formula Calculations

Authored by Lisa Thompson

Science

10th Grade

NGSS covered

Empirical Formula Calculations
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15 questions

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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

A compound is 16.3% C, 32.1% Cl and 51.6% F by mass. What is the empirical formula?

C3Cl2F6

C1.5Cl F3

C2Cl3F6

C3Cl6F2

Tags

NGSS.HS-PS1-1

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

Determine the empirical formula for a compound that is 23.3% Co, 25.3% Mo and 51.4% Cl by mass. What is the empirical formula?

Co Mo Cl4

Co3Mo2Cl11

Co2MoCl3

Co2MoCl9

Tags

NGSS.HS-PS1-7

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

3.245 g of a compound containing titanium and chlorine is separated into elements. If 0.819 g of the sample is titanium, what is the empirical formula of the compound? HINT: find the mass of chlorine first.

TiCl4

TiCl

TiCl3

TiCl2

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS1-1

NGSS.MS-PS1-5

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

A formula that shows the smallest whole-number mole ratio of the elements of a compound, and may or may not be the same as the actual molecular formula.

Empirical Formula

Molecular Formula

Stoichiometry

Chemical Reaction

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

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.

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

Find the empirical formula for a compound which contains 32.8% chromium and 67.2% chlorine.

CrCl

CrCl3

Cr3Cl

Cr2Cl6

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

A compound is 40% sulfur and 60% oxygen by mass. What is the empirical formula?

SO2SO_2

SO3SO_3

S2O3S_2O_3

S2O5S_2O_5

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