A colorless liquid has a molar mass of 60.01 g/mol. When the liquid was analyzed, it was 46.7% nitrogen and 53.3% oxygen. What is the molecular formula?

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jfraser · Answer

if you pull a couple tricks of algebra, you can turn those percentages into masses and from mass into formulas

jfraser · Answer

First, assume you have 100g of the substance. If you have 100g of the substance, and 46.7% is nitrogen, that means the nitrogen in the compound weighs 46.7g. The oxygen weighs the rest

gebooors · Answer

You need to calculate amount of moles of each element in 100 g sample.

Then you have to find out ratio of moles in whole numbers.