A 30.141 mg sample of a chemical known to contain only carbon, hydrogen, sulfur, and oxygen is put into a combustion analysis apparatus, yielding 53.694 mg of carbon dioxide and 21.980 mg of water. In another experiment, 38.053 mg of the compound is reacted with excess oxygen to produce 16.44 mg of sulfur dioxide. Add subscripts to the formula provided to correctly identify the empirical formula of this compound. Do not change the order of the clements. empirical formula: CHSO

A 30.141 mg sample of a chemical known to contain only carbon, hydrogen, sulfur, and oxygen is put into a combustion analysis apparatus, yielding 53.694 mg of carbon dioxide and 21.980 mg of water. In another experiment, 38.053 mg of the compound is reacted with excess oxygen to produce 16.44 mg of sulfur dioxide. Add subscripts to the formula provided to correctly identify the empirical formula of this compound. Do not change the order of the clements. empirical formula: CHSO

Chemistry

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Publisher:Steven S. Zumdahl, Susan A. Zumdahl, Donald J. DeCoste

Chapter1: Chemical Foundations

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