![World of Chemistry](https://www.bartleby.com/isbn_cover_images/9780618562763/9780618562763_largeCoverImage.gif)
Concept explainers
Interpretation: The empirical formula of sugar needs to be determined with the help of given information.
Concept Introduction: The molecular mass of compound is the sum of
Whereas empirical formula can be defined as the simplest positive integer ratio of all bonded atoms in the compound.
![Check Mark](/static/check-mark.png)
Answer to Problem 6RQ
The empirical formula of sugar must be CHO2.
Explanation of Solution
Given:
Mass percentage of O = 51.42 %
Mass percentage of C = 42.10%
Mass percentage of H = 6.48 %
Let the total mass be 100 g thus, mass of O, C and H will be 51.42 g, 42.10 g and 6.48 g respectively.
Calculate moles of each with the help of atomic mass:
Divide by least moles to get the whole number ratio:
Thus the empirical formula of sugar must be CHO2.
The empirical formula of sugar must be CHO2.
Chapter 6 Solutions
World of Chemistry
- ChemistryChemistryISBN:9781305957404Author:Steven S. Zumdahl, Susan A. Zumdahl, Donald J. DeCostePublisher:Cengage LearningChemistryChemistryISBN:9781259911156Author:Raymond Chang Dr., Jason Overby ProfessorPublisher:McGraw-Hill EducationPrinciples of Instrumental AnalysisChemistryISBN:9781305577213Author:Douglas A. Skoog, F. James Holler, Stanley R. CrouchPublisher:Cengage Learning
- Organic ChemistryChemistryISBN:9780078021558Author:Janice Gorzynski Smith Dr.Publisher:McGraw-Hill EducationChemistry: Principles and ReactionsChemistryISBN:9781305079373Author:William L. Masterton, Cecile N. HurleyPublisher:Cengage LearningElementary Principles of Chemical Processes, Bind...ChemistryISBN:9781118431221Author:Richard M. Felder, Ronald W. Rousseau, Lisa G. BullardPublisher:WILEY
![Text book image](https://www.bartleby.com/isbn_cover_images/9781305957404/9781305957404_smallCoverImage.gif)
![Text book image](https://www.bartleby.com/isbn_cover_images/9781259911156/9781259911156_smallCoverImage.gif)
![Text book image](https://www.bartleby.com/isbn_cover_images/9781305577213/9781305577213_smallCoverImage.gif)
![Text book image](https://www.bartleby.com/isbn_cover_images/9780078021558/9780078021558_smallCoverImage.gif)
![Text book image](https://www.bartleby.com/isbn_cover_images/9781305079373/9781305079373_smallCoverImage.gif)
![Text book image](https://www.bartleby.com/isbn_cover_images/9781118431221/9781118431221_smallCoverImage.gif)