How do you determine empirical and molecular formulas from percent composition?

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How do you determine empirical and molecular formulas from percent composition?

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Answer 1 · 2017-08-20T06:19:48

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And here for a practical example. The empirical formula is the simplest whole number ratio defining constituent atoms in a species. The molecular formula is a whole number multiple of the empirical formula.

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