What is empirical and molecular formula?How are they related to each other?
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Answer:
Empirical formulas show the simplest whole-number ratio of atoms in a compound, molecular formulas show the number of each type of atom in a molecule, and structural formulas show how the atoms in a molecule are bonded to each other.The actual numbers of atoms of each element that occur in the smallest freely existing unit or molecule of the compound is expressed by the molecular formula of the compound. The molecular formula of a compound may be the empirical formula, or it may be a multiple of the empirical formula.
Emporocial and Molecular Formula:
Emporocial formula is a formula giving the proportions of the elements present in a compound but not the actual numbers or arrangement of atoms.
Molecular formula is a formula consists of the chemical symbols for the constituent elements followed by numeric subscripts describing the number of atoms of each element present in the molecule.
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