Mass-mole-number relationship - 3 | Chemical Calculations

General Chemistry 2 - Mass-mole-number relationship - 3

Find the empirical formula of a compound containing 1.92 grams of Mn and 1.12 grams of O.

nMn = mMnMMn = 1.9254.94 = 3.49 x 10-2 g.mol-1


nO = mOMO = 1.1216.0 =  7.00 x 10-2 g.mol-1


nMn = 2 nO, the empirical formula of this compound is MnO2