Chromium reacts with oxygen to form three different compounds, X, Y and Z. It was found that, for every gram of chromium in Compounds X, Y and Z, there were 0.308 g, 0.462 g and 0.924 g of oxygen, respectively. (a) Show that the above data illustrate Dalton’s Law of Multiple Proportions. (b) Using these data, derive simple formula of compounds X, Y and Z.

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Chromium reacts with oxygen to form three different compounds, X, Y and Z. It was found that, for every
gram of chromium in Compounds X, Y and Z, there were 0.308 g, 0.462 g and 0.924 g of oxygen,
respectively. (a) Show that the above data illustrate Dalton’s Law of Multiple Proportions.
(b) Using these data, derive simple formula of compounds X, Y and Z.

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