Question

What would you use to convert the empirical formula of a compound to a molecular formula?

Answer 1

Calculate the empirical formula mass. You determine this number by finding the mass of HO (1 hydrogen atom and 1 oxygen atom). ...

Divide the gram molecular mass by the empirical formula mass. ...

Multiply each of the subscripts within the empirical formula by the number calculated in Step 2.

Answer 2

Steps to find chemical formual or molecular formual of a compound :

1. Determine the empirical formula.

2. Calculate the empirical formula mass.

3. Determine the molecular mass of the given compound.

4. Determine the value of n

n = Molecular mass / Empirical formual mass

5. Multiply empirical formula by n.