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How can you tell if the compounds molecular formula is the same as the empirical formula?

April 26, 2017compound empirical Formula Mathematics Molecular

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How can you tell if the compounds molecular formula is the same as the empirical formula?

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In general, molecular formula is not same as the empirical formula. The molecular formula gives the actual number of atoms of each element present in a molecule where as the empirical formula gives you only the ratio of the number of atoms of atoms of each element present in the molecule.