Chemistry for Engineering Students
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Author: Lawrence S. Brown, Tom Holme
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Chapter 3, Problem 3.60PAE
3.58 Determine the simplest formulas of the following compounds.
(a) the food enhancer monosodium glutamate (MSG), which
has the composition 35.51% C, 4.77% H, 37.85% O,
8.29% N, and 13.60% Na; (b) zircon, a diamond-like min-
eral, which has the composition 34.91% O, 15.32% Si,
and 49.76% Zr; (c) nicotine, which has the composition
74.0% C, 8.65% H, and 17.4% N
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