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Calculate the percentage of carbon, hydrogen and oxygen in ethanol (C2H5OH).

Important Questions on Some Basic Concepts of Chemistry

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An inorganic salt on analysis gave the following percentage composition: Pb=62.6, N=8.4, O=29.

What is empirical formula of the compound? Also name the compound. (At. Mass: Pb=207, N=14, O=16).

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An oxide of nitrogen has the percentage composition:N=25.94 and O=74.06. Calculate the empirical formula of the compound.
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A sample of a salt has the percentage composition: Fe=36.76; S=21.11; O=42.14;

Calculate the empirical formula of the compound. (At. Mass: Fe=56; S=32; O=16;).

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A salt containing water of crystallization gave the following percentage composition: Mg=9.76; S=13.01; O=26.01; H2O=51.22; 
Calculate the simplest formula. (At. Mass of Mg=24).
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Calculate the empirical formula of gold chloride which contains 35.1 % of chlorine. At. Mass of Au=197.
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11th CBSE
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Calculate the empirical formula of a mineral having the following compositions. 

CaO=48.0 %; P2O5=41.3 %; CaCl2=10.7 %;

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A crystalline salt when heated becomes anhydrous and loses 51.2 % of its weight. The anhydrous salt on analysis gave the percentage composition as:

Mg=20.0 %; S=26.66 %; O=53.33 %; Calculate the molecular formula of the anhydrous salt and the crystalline salt. Molecular mass of the anhydrous salt is 120.

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A compound containing carbon, hydrogen and oxygen gave the following analytical data: C=40.0 % and H=6.67 %.

Calculate the molecular formula of the compound if its molecular mass is 180.