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In Carius method of estimation of halogens,

250 mg

of an organic compound gave

141 mg AgBr

. What is the percentage of bromine in the compound (atomic mass of

Ag = 108

and atomic number of

Br = 80

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An organic compound contains

80 %

(by wt.) carbon and remaining percentage of hydrogen. The right option for the empirical formula of this compound is: [Atomic wt. of

C

12

and of

H

1

]

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Compound $A$ contains $8.7 %$ Hydrogen, $74 %$ Carbon and $17.3 %$ Nitrogen. The molecular formula of the compound is, Given : Atomic masses of $C, H$ and $N$ are $12, 1$ and $14$ amu respectively.

The molar mass of the compound $A$ is $162 g {mol}^{- 1}$ .

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Mass % of carbon in ethanol is

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An organic compound contains

24 %

carbon,

4 %

hydrogen and remaining chlorine. Its empirical formula is

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The percentage of nitrogen by mass in ammonium sulphate is closest to (atomic masses H = 1, N = 14, O = 16, S = 32)

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An organic compound contains

60 % C; 4.48 % H

and

35.5 % O .

Its empirical formula is

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The percentage composition of carbon by mole in methane is:

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The empirical formula and molecular mass of a compound are

{CH}_{2} O

and

180 g

respectively. The molecular formula of the compound will be

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In a compound

C, H

and

N

are present in

9 : 1 : 3.5

by weight. If molecular weight of compound is

108

, the molecular formula of compound is

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1.85 g

sample of an arsenic-containing pesticide was chemically converted to

{AsO}_{4}^{3 -}

(atomic mass of

As = 74.9

) and titrated with

{Pb}^{2 +}

to form

{Pb}_{3} {({AsO}_{4})}_{2}

. If

20 mL of 0.1 M {Pb}^{2 +}

is required to reach the equivalence point, the mass percentages of arsenic in the pesticide sample is closest to

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1.25 g of a metal (M) reacts with oxygen completely to produce 1.68 g of metal oxide. The empirical formula of the metal oxide is [Molar mass of M and O are

69.7 g m o l^{- 1}

and

16.0 g m o l^{- 1}

, respectively]

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One mole of one of the sodium salts listed below, having carbon content close to

14.3 %

produces

1

mole of carbon dioxide upon heating

(Atomic masses : Na = 23, H = 1, C = 12, O = 16)

. The salt is

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A sample of a hydrate of barium chloride weighing 61 g was heated until all the water of hydration is removed. The dried sample weighed 52 g. The formula of the hydrated salt is: (atomic mass, Ba = 137 amu, Cl = 35.5 amu)

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An organic compound contains

C, H

and

S

. The minimum molecular weight of the compound containing

8 %

Sulphur is

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In an estimation of bromine by Carius method,

1.6 g

of an organic compound gave

1.88 g

AgBr

. The mass percentage of bromine in the compound is

\dots . .

(

Atomic mass,

Ag = 108, Br = 80 {gmol}^{- 1}

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Complex A has a composition of

H_{12} O_{6} {Cl}_{3} C r

. If the complex on treatment with conc.

H_{2} {SO}_{4}

loses

13.5 %

of its original mass, the correct molecular formulas of

A

is:
[Given : atomic mass of

C r = 52

amu and

Cl = 35

amu]

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A pure compound contains

2.4 g

C, 1.2 \times 10^{23}

atoms of

H, 0.2

moles of oxygen atoms. Its empirical formula is

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The ratio of mass percent of

C and H

of an organic compound

(C_{X} H_{Y} O_{Z})

6 : 1 .

If one molecule of the above compound

(C_{X} H_{Y} O_{Z})

contains half as much oxygen as required to burn one molecule of compound

C_{X} H_{Y}

completely to

{CO}_{2}

and

H_{2} O .

The empirical formula of the compound

C_{X} H_{Y} O_{Z}

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A compound has the following composition by weight;

N a = 18.60 %, S = 25.80 %, H = 4.02 %

and

O = 51.58 %

Assuming that all the hydrogen atoms in the compound are part of water of crystallization, the correct molecular formula of the compound is

What is the empirical formula of a compound having 40% carbon, 6.66% hydrogen and 53.34% oxygen?

Important Questions on Some Basic Concepts of Chemistry

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