Here is an example of a combustion analysis problem like the
one on the first InClass Problem Set that you did in laboratory
during the week of October 25, 1999.
A 0.00300 g sample of napthalene, a compound containing only
carbon and hydrogen, was burned in excess oxygen to give 0.0103 g
of CO2. Determine the empirical formula of napthalene.
The formula weight (molecular weight) of napthalene is 128 u,
determine the molecular formula.
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