Exercises 4
Exercises 4
Exercises 4
Q1. Analysis of a 3.67 g sample of a compound yielded 2.386 g platinum (Pt), 0.347 g
nitrogen, 0.0741 g hydrogen, and 0.867 g chlorine. What is the empirical (simplest) formula
of this compound?
Q2. A 0.954 g sample of an unknown diprotic acid, H2A, dissolved in water to make 40.00
mL acid solution. This solution is titrated with 0.509 M NaOH solution.
If 36.04 mL NaOH solution is required to titrate the acid solution to the equivalence point:
Q3. Bismuth selenide, Bi2Se3, is used in semiconductor research. It can be prepared by the
following reaction:
2 Bi + 3 Se Bi2Se3
Q4. Give the formula or the name for the following compounds:
i. HNO3 :
ii. Na2SO4 :
iii. N2O5 :
iv. Perchloric acid :
v. Lithium hydroxide :
vi. Iron(III) nitrate :
Q5. Naturally occurring uranium consist of two isotopes, whose masses and abundances are
shown below.
Q6. Mandelic acid is an organic acid composed of carbon (63.15% by mass), hydrogen
(5.30% by mass) and oxygen (31.55% by mass). Its molar mass is 152.14g/mol. Determine
the empirical (simplest) and the molecular formula of the acid.
Q7. Isocyanic acid, HNCO, reacts with NO2 to produce nitrogen, carbon dioxide and water.
What is the theoretical yield of each product, if a reaction is initiated with 24.0 g of HNCO
and 24.0 g of NO2?
i. ii.