CHY 102 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Aspirin, Germanium Dioxide

Measurements show that the unknown compound X has the following composition:

element	mass %
carbon
hydrogen
oxygen

Write the empirical chemical formula of X.

Determine the number of atoms of each element in the empirical formula of a compound with the following composition: 67.09% carbon. 10.56% hydrogen, and 22.35% oxygen.

determine the number of atoms of each element in an empirical formula of a compound with the following composition:
62.58% carbon 9.629% hydrogen, and 27.79% oxygen?