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If 41.6g of chromium is fully reacted with oxygen to produce 60.8g of chromium oxide, what...

If 41.6g of chromium is fully reacted with oxygen to produce 60.8g of chromium oxide, what is the empirical formula of the chromium oxide

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Mass of Cr2O3 =151.99 g/mol

We know atomic mass of oxygen =16g

Mass of oxygen in chromium oxide =(16×3/151.99 )×60.8

=19.20g

Percentage of Chromium= (41.6/41.6+19.20)×100%

=68.42%

Percentage of oxygen = (19.2/41.6+19.2)× 100%

=31.57%

Element Percentage of element atomic mass moles of atom mole ratio
Chromium 68.42 52 1.315 1
Oxygen 31.57 16 1.973 1.5

Now rounding off to simplest whole no ratio

Chromium =2

Oxygen= 3

Therefore empirical formula = Cr2​​​​​​O3

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