Carbohydrates are compounds containing only carbon,hydrogen and oxygen. when heated in absence of air, these compounds decompose to form carbon and water. If 310 g of a carbohydrate leave a residue of 124 g of carbon on heating in absence of air, what is the empirical formula for the carbohydrate?
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Carbohydrates are compounds containing only carbon, hydrogen and oxygen having the atomic ratio of `H : O` as `2 : 1`. When heated in the absence of air, these compounds decompose to form carbon and water
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7.2: Carbohydrates. The most abundant biomolecules on earth are carbohydrates. From a chemical viewpoint, carbohydrates are primarily a combination of carbon and water, and many of them have the empirical formula (CH2O)n, where n is the number of repeated units.
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