an oxide of sulphur contains 50% of sulphur in it. it's emperical formula is
Hello Candidate,
The oxide has 50 percentage of sulphur and 50 percent of oxygen, in its oxide.
So, the steps to calculate empirical formula is-
For sulphur, percentage of sulphur divided by its molar mass- 50/32= 1.56
For oxygen, percentage of sulphur divided by its molar mass- 50/16= 3.12
So, the emperial formula for the sodium oxide is SO2.
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