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Author: John E. McMurry, Robert C. Fay, Jill Kirsten Robinson
Publisher: PEARSON
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Chapter 3, Problem 3.21P
PRACTICE 321 Combustion analysis is performed on 0.50 g of a hydrocarbon, and 1.55 g of CO2 and 0.697 g of H2O are produced. What is the empirical formula of the hydrocarbon? If the molar mass is 142.0 g/mol, what is the molecular formula?
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