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Combustion analysis of toluene, a common organic solvent, gives 5.86 mg of CO2 and 1.37 mg of H2O. If the compound contains only carbon and hydrogen, what is its empirical formula?

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          Combustion analysis of toluene, a common organic solvent, gives 5.86 mg of CO2 and 1.37 mg of H2O. If the compound contains only carbon and hydrogen, what is its empirical formula?

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Given: - CO2 weight = 0.00586 g - H2O weight = 0.00137 g Molar mass of CO2 = 44 g/mol Molar mass of H2O = 18 g/mol Moles of carbon = 0.00586 g / 44 g/mol = 0.000133 moles Moles of hydrogen = 0.00137 g / 18 g/mol = 0.000076 moles Show more…

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Combustion analysis of toluene, a common organic solvent, gives 5.86 mg of CO2 and 1.37 mg of H2O. If the compound contains only carbon and hydrogen, what is its empirical formula?