Chemistry
A compound A consists of 4.8% carbon and 95.2% bromine by mass. Its vapour density is 252. Find its :
(i) empirical formula
(ii) molecular formula
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A gas cylinder can hold 1 kg of hydrogen at room temperature and pressure.
(a) What mass of carbon dioxide can it hold under similar conditions of temperature and pressure?
(b) If the number of molecules of hydrogen in the cylinder is X, calculate the number of carbon dioxide molecules in the cylinder. State the law that helped you to arrive at the above result
Following questions refer to one mole of chlorine gas.
(a) What is the volume occupied by this gas at S.T.P.?
(b) What will happen to the volume of gas, if pressure is doubled?
(c) What volume will it occupy at 273°C?
(d) If the relative atomic mass of chlorine is 35.5, what will be the mass of 1 mole of chlorine gas?
From the equation:
C + 2H2SO4 ⟶ CO2 + 2H2O + 2SO2
Calculate:
(i) The mass of carbon oxidized by 49 g of sulphuric acid.
(ii) The volume of sulphur dioxide measured at STP, liberated at the same time.
(i) A compound has the following percentage composition by mass: carbon 14.4%, hydrogen 1.2% and chlorine 84.5%. Determine the empirical formula of this compound. Work correct to 1 decimal place. (H = 1; C = 12; Cl = 35.5)
(ii) The relative molecular mass of this compound is 168, so what is its molecular formula?