I'm trying to complete an assignment and got kind of stumped on a couple questions. Here is the first question:
1. Complete combustion of 2.617g of a particular hydrocarbon yielded 8.846g CO2 and 1.811g of H2O. What is the empirical formula of this hydrocarbon?
Molar MassesHydrogen - 1.00794g/mol
Carbon - 12.011g/mol
Oxygen - 15.9994g/mol
This is what I did:
Moles CO2 = 8.846g / 44.0098g/mol
= 0.201mol
Moles H2O = 1.811g / 18.0153g/mol
= 0.100 mol
1:2 ratio H2O:CO2
So, empirical formula is C1H2
2. A 2.26g sample of a mixture of KCl and MgCl2 is treated with excess AgNO3 (aq). If 4.99g of AgCl are obtained, then what is the percentage by mass of KCl in the original mixture?
Molar MassesKCl - 74.55g/mol
MgCl2 - 95.21g/mol
AgCl - 143.35g/mol
moles AgCl = 4.99g / 143.35 g/mol
= 0.034809 mol
that's where I got stuck and don't know where to go
Can some one help me out? Thanks