[CHM 112] Additional Problem 11.10

[Andrew J. Pounds]

On 06/28/13 11:44, wrote:
>
> Dr. Pounds,
>
> I was doing your chapter 11 additional problems. On number 10, it is 
> asking us to write the molecular formula, but I got a little confused. 
> Hydrocarbon consists of a hydrogen and a carbon, BUT it doesn't give 
> us a percentage for carbon, so how did you get the 83.63 on the answer 
> sheet for carbon?
>
> Thank you
>

You are correct -- it is just hydrogen and carbon.  So if 16.37% 
hydrogen, the rest (83.63%) has to be carbon.


-- 
Andrew J. Pounds, Ph.D.  (pounds_aj at mercer.edu)
Professor of Chemistry and Computer Science
Mercer University,  Macon, GA 31207   (478) 301-5627
http://faculty.mercer.edu/pounds_aj

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