What is the smallest whole number ratio of the atoms in a compound?

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What is the smallest whole number ratio of the atoms in a compound?

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Answer 1 · 2018-05-22T07:57:44

Why the $empirical formula....$ $"empirical formula...."$

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The $empirical formula$ $"empirical formula"$ is the simplest whole number ratio that defines constituent atoms in a species. The $molecular formula$ $"molecular formula"$ is always a whole number multiple of the $empirical formula$ $"empirical formula"$ . And of course the multiple MIGHT be ONE....

By way of example, we could get an $empirical formula$ $"empirical formula"$ for hexane, $C_{3} H_{7}$ $C_3H_7$ , i.e. a whole number ratio. The $molecular formula$ $"molecular formula"$ is DOUBLE the $empirical formula$ $"empirical formula"$ , $2 \times C_{3} H_{7} = C_{6} H_{14}$ $2xxC_3H_7=C_6H_14$ ...

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