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Offline luketapis

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What is its empirical formula?
« on: October 13, 2011, 05:56:30 PM »
A pale-yellow ionic solid is found to contain only tin and bromine, distributed by mass as
Sn: 42.6% Br: 57.4%
What is its empirical formula?
The answer is SnBr2 but why?
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Re: What is its empirical formula?
« Reply #1 on: October 13, 2011, 06:44:57 PM »
Empirical formula is a molar ratio of atoms.

You have been given a mass ratio of atoms.

How is mass related to moles?
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