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OpenStudy (anonymous):

What information can you obtain from an empirical formula?

OpenStudy (anonymous):

the empirical formula is the simplest formula for the compound and you can know the simplest no. of moles for the elements in it :)

OpenStudy (anonymous):

The ratios of elements in a compound. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Empirical_formula#Examples_of_common_substances C6H6 -->CH, as they are in a 1:1 ratio. I suppose it's pretty useless with little compounds, but with larger compounds it would simplify it quite a lot.

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