Chemistry & Chemical Reactivity
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ISBN: 9781337399074
Author: John C. Kotz, Paul M. Treichel, John Townsend, David Treichel
Publisher: Cengage Learning
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Chapter 2, Problem 88PS
A large family of boron-hydrogen compounds has the general formula BxHy. One member of this family contains 88.5% B; the remainder is hydrogen. What is its empirical formula?
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