
What is empirical formula mass?
Important Questions on The Language of Chemistry




A hydrocarbon contains of carbon by mass.
(i) Determine the empirical formula of .
(ii) If the vapour density of is , find its molecular formula.
(iii) Name and write its structural formula.
(iv) What type of reactions does the compound undergo?
(v) How would you convert to ?
(vi) What would you observe when bromine water is added to ?

A hydrocarbon contains carbon by mass.
(i) Determine the empirical formula of .
(ii) If the relative molecular mass of is 28, find the molecular formula of .
(iii) Name X.
(iv) Write the structural formula of .
(v) What is the special feature of the compound that determines the type of reaction it undergoes?
(vi) How would you convert to ?
(vii) If X normally undergo addition reaction, what type of reaction does the compound undergo?



of hydrogen, of phosphorus and oxygen.
Find the empirical formula of this acid and its molecular formula. Given that its relative molecular mass is .



When iron is heated in a stream of dry chlorine, it produces a chloride that contains by mass of iron.
(i) Calculate the empirical formula of the chloride formed.
(ii) If the relative molecular mass of the chloride formed is 325, what is its molecular formula?
(iii) Write a chemical equation for the reaction of iron with chlorine.

and . Find its empirical formula.



Find the empirical formula of the gas.





