A recently created chromium-boron compound is a component of Ironman’s armor. It was created by reacting 4.372 g Cr with excess B for form 4.917 of the chromium-boron compound. What is the empirical formula of this compound? When entering the formula place the elements in the following order: Cr, B. For subscripts, write the number after the element it corresponds to. For example, H2O should be written as H2O.

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A recently created chromium-boron compound is a component of Ironman’s armor. It was created by reacting 4.372 g Cr with excess B for form 4.917 of the chromium-boron compound. What is the empirical formula of this compound?

When entering the formula place the elements in the following order: Cr, B. For subscripts, write the number after the element it corresponds to. For example, H2O should be written as H2O.

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