Empirical and Molecular Formulas Worksheet

Objectives:
 be able to calculate empirical and molecular formulas

Empirical Formula
1) What is the empirical formula of a compound that contains 0.783g of Carbon, 0.196g of Hydrogen and
0.521g of Oxygen?

2) What is empirical formula of a compound which consists of 89.14% Au and 10.80% of O?

3) What is empirical formula if compound consists of 21.2%N, 6.1%H, 24.2%S and 48.5%O?

Molecular Formula
4) Empirical formula of a substance is CH2O. Molar mass is 180. What is the molecular formula?

5) Sample (3.585g) contains 1.388g of C, 0.345g of H, 1.850g O and its molar mass is 62g. What is
molecular formula of this substance?
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C2H6O2

Au2O3
C6H12O6
N2H8SO4

2H6O
1.C
 Empirical and Molecular Formulas
Write the empirical formulas for the following molecular formulas:
1. C2H4                                                        
2. C6H8O6                                                        
3. CO2                                                        
4. CCl2F2                                                        
5. H2SO4                                                        
6. C7H6O2                                                        
7. H2O2                                                        
8. C3Cl6N3                                                        
Calculate the empirical formulas for the following. Show all work and units.
1. Determine the empirical formula for a compound that contains 82.4 % N and 17.6 % H.

2. What is the empirical formula of a compound that contains 25.9% N and 74.1% O by mass?

3. A compound contains 26.35% C, 3.30% H, and 70.35 % O by mass. What is its empirical formula?
4. A compound contains 40.0% C, 6.7% H, and 53.3% O by mass. What is its empirical formula?

5. A compound contains 15.8% carbon and 84.2 % sulfur by mass. What is its empirical formula?

6. A compound contains 43.6% phosphorous and 56.4% oxygen by mass. What is its empirical formula?

7. A compound contains 28.7% K, 1.5% H, 22.8% P, and 47.0% O by mass. What is its empirical formula?