can u plz another question?
complete combustion of a hydrocarbon gave 0.352gm of CO2 & 0.072gm of water. What is the formula of hydrocarbon?
Your question is incomplete I need the mass of the original hydrocarbon.
But the methodology is as follows :
If there are 2 grams of Hydrogen in 18 grams of water THEN
there are X grams of Hydrogen in 0.072 grams of water
Hence, X = 8*10
-3If there are 12 grams of Carbon in 44 grams of CO
2 THEN
there are Y grams of Carbon in 0.352 grams of CO
2Hence, Y = 0.096
At this point you would add X and Y and subtract that value from the mass of the Hydrocarbon to find the mass of oxygen.
Then you would have the mass of C H and O
You could then calculate the Empirical formula.