Physics, asked by Nyiko, 6 hours ago

Lactic acid is the common name for 2 hydroxy 1 propanoic acid
The percentage compostion of lactic acid per mass is 40% carbon 6,7% hydrogen 53,3% oxygen. Determine the emperical formula of lactic acid

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Answered by selenophile7
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Elemental analysis shows that it contains by mass 40.0% C, 6.71% H and 53.3% O. Determine the empirical formula of lactic acid. The simplest possible ratio of C:H:O is thus 1:2:1 and the empirical formula is CH2O.

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