For example, why is Benzene's empirical formula CH but its molecular formula is C(little)6H(little)6?
What does the empirical formula tell us about a substance?
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What does the empirical formula tell us about a substance?
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the empirical formula is just to show the ratio of atoms in a molecule so it will always be as low numbers as possible. The molecular formula shows how many of atom each actually exist in the molecule.
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molecular formula depicts the number of atoms in the molecule.
empirical formula depicts the proportion of the elements.
empirical formula depicts the proportion of the elements.