October 09, 2024, 10:11:45 AM
Forum Rules: Read This Before Posting


Topic: How to Calculate the Percent Error in an Experimental Empirical Formula?  (Read 3337 times)

0 Members and 1 Guest are viewing this topic.

Offline AWK

  • Retired Staff
  • Sr. Member
  • *
  • Posts: 7978
  • Mole Snacks: +555/-93
  • Gender: Male
Re: How to Calculate the Percent Error in an Experimental Empirical Formula?
« Reply #15 on: November 02, 2019, 05:34:27 PM »
In the hygroscopic compounds, "all the blame" is because of the water - see Wikipedia - magnesium chloride - there is a lot of information about magnesium chloride hydrates.
In your case result is close to ~trihydrate.
AWK

Sponsored Links