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Important Questions on The Language of Chemistry

MEDIUM
Find the molecular formula of a compound that contains 87.5% of nitrogen and 12.5% of hydrogen by mass, and has a molecular weight of 32.
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A compound of X and Y has the empirical formula XY2. Its vapour density is equal to its empirical formula weight. Determine its molecular formula.
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For which of the following compounds, empirical formula mass and molecular mass are the same:
MEDIUM
Write any two examples of compounds which have same molecular and empirical formula.
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A hydrocarbon X contains 92.3% of carbon by mass. 

(i) Determine the empirical formula of X.

(ii) If the vapour density of X is 13, find its molecular formula.

(iii) Name X and write its structural formula.

(iv) What type of reactions does the compound X undergo?

(v) How would you convert X to C2H4?

(vi) What would you observe when bromine water is added to X?

HARD

A hydrocarbon X contains 85.7% carbon by mass.
(i) Determine the empirical formula of X.

(ii) If the relative molecular mass of X is 28, find the molecular formula of X.

(iii) Name X.

(iv) Write the structural formula of X.

(v) What is the special feature of the compound X that determines the type of reaction it undergoes?

(vi) How would you convert X to C2H6?

(vii) If X normally undergo addition reaction, what type of reaction does the compound C2H6 undergo?

HARD
A gaseous compound of carbon and hydrogen contains 80% carbon by mass. One litre of the compound at STP weighs 1.35g. Find its molecular formula.
(Atomic mass:C=12 and H=1)
MEDIUM
What is the empirical formula mass of benzene?
HARD
An acid of phosphorus has the following composition:
2.47% of hydrogen, 38.27% of phosphorus and 59.26% oxygen.
Find the empirical formula of this acid and its molecular formula. Given that its relative molecular mass is 162. (Atomic mass:H=1,O=16 and P=31)
MEDIUM
An organic compound has an empirical formula CH2O. Its vapour density is 45. The molecular mass of the compound is
HARD
An organic compound contains oxygen, 26.24% and hydrogen, 4.92%. Find its empirical formula.
MEDIUM

When iron is heated in a stream of dry chlorine, it produces a chloride that contains 34.5% 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.

MEDIUM
A compound of sodium, sulphur and oxygen has the following composition:
Na=29.11%, S=40.51% and O=30.38%. Find its empirical formula. Atomic mass: O=16,Na=23 and S=32
MEDIUM
Write the empirical formula for the following molecular formula:
C6H12O6
MEDIUM
The empirical formula mass of water is 18 u. This mass is equal to:
HARD
The percentage composition of a gas is nitrogen - 82.35%, hydrogen - 17.64%.
Find the empirical formula of the gas.
N=14,H=1
EASY
The molecular weight of a compound is 180. If its empirical formula is CH2O then the molecular formula of the compound is?
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The empirical formula mass of a hydrocarbon is 30 u. The ratio of C:H:O is:
MEDIUM
Define empirical formula and molecular formula.
HARD
A gaseous hydrocarbon contains 82.76% of carbon. Given that its vapour density is 29, find its molecular formula. C=12,H=1