Percent Composition and Chemical Formulas Chapter 3.3
Percent Composition It is sometimes useful to know a compound’s composition in terms of the masses of its elements. This is known as percent mass. % mass =
Percent Composition – Example Calculate the percent composition of titanium dioxide (TiO2)
Percent Composition – Example Calculate the percent composition of ammonium chloride (NH4Cl)
Percent Composition Extension – Example Calculate the mass of hydrogen in 15.2 g ammonium chloride.
Empirical Formulas Empirical formulas are the lowest whole-number ratio of the atoms in a compound
Molecular Formulas A molecular formula is a multiple of the empirical formula Empirical Formula - CH2O Molecular Formula – C2H4O2 (Acetic Acid) Molecular Formula – C3H6O3 (Lactic Acid) Molecular Formula – C4H8O4 (1,4-dioxane-2,3-diol)
HW #39 Read Pages 60-67 Problems 62, 63, 65, 69, 73, 78