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

Important Questions on Some Basic Concepts of Chemistry
An inorganic salt on analysis gave the following percentage composition: , , .
What is empirical formula of the compound? Also name the compound. (At. Mass: ).


A sample of a salt has the percentage composition:
Calculate the empirical formula of the compound. (At. Mass: ).

Calculate the simplest formula. (At. Mass of ).


Calculate the empirical formula of a mineral having the following compositions.

A crystalline salt when heated becomes anhydrous and loses of its weight. The anhydrous salt on analysis gave the percentage composition as:
Calculate the molecular formula of the anhydrous salt and the crystalline salt. Molecular mass of the anhydrous salt is .

A compound containing carbon, hydrogen and oxygen gave the following analytical data: and .
Calculate the molecular formula of the compound if its molecular mass is .
