What do you mean by the empirical formula of a compound?
Empirical formula of a compound is
1. The simplest whole-number ratio of atoms of different elements present in a compound is called an empirical formula.
2. Empirical formula gives no formula mention of the actual numbers of atoms of each element in the molecule of the compound.
For Example:
The empirical formula of glucose is CH2O.
It indicates that the ratio of C, H and O
atoms in a molecule of glucose is 1 : 2 : 1
whereas, its actual formula is C6H12O6
.
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