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11 years ago
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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11 years ago
molecular formula depicts the number of atoms in the molecule.

empirical formula depicts the proportion of the elements.
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11 years ago
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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