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determine the molecular formula for a compound with a molar mass of 129g/mol that contains 83% C and 17% H.

Sagot :

• In this case we are given that a molar mass of the compound is 129g/mol.

• We will use the % composition of the compound to determine how many grams of each element can be found in this compound with 129g/mol.

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• we will also consider 83% C and 17% H. as grams percentage of each element.

Step 1:

1. For C

129g sample *83gC / 100g sample = 107.07 g Carbon

2 . For H

129 g sample * 17g H /100 = 21.93 g Hydrogen

Step 2 :

( Now use the molar mass of each element to determine how many moles of each are present in one mole of a compound )

1. For C

n =mass C/Mol. Mass C

= 107.07g /12.011g/mole

= 8.914 moles

≈ 9 moles

2. For H

n = m/M

= 21.93g /1.00794g/mol

= 21.75

≈ 22 moles

Finally, This means that our compound contain 9 molecules of Carbon and 22 molecules of hydrogen .

Therefore the molecular formula will be C9H22 , 2-Methylpropane .