Calculate the percent composition for each compound listed.

1) KNO3

2) H2SO4

3) C2H5OH

4) C6H5NH2

1. A compound is found to contain 50.05 % sulfur and 49.95 % oxygen by weight.

What is the empirical formula for this compound? The molecular weight for this
compound is 64.07 g/mol. What is its molecular formula?
2. A compound is found to contain 31.42 % sulfur, 31.35 % oxygen, and 37.23 %
fluorine by weight. What is the empirical formula for this compound? The molecular
weight for this compound is 102.2 g/mol. What is its molecular formula?
3. Ammonia reacts with phosphoric acid to form a compound that contains 28.2%
nitrogen, 20.8% phosphorous, 8.1% hydrogen and 42.9% oxygen. Calculate the
empirical formula of this compound.
4. A compound contains 57.54% C, 3.45% H, and 39.01% F. What is its empirical
formula?
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------5. 90.0 g of FeCl3 reacts with 52.0 g of H2S.
What is the limiting reactant?
What is the mass of HCl produced?
What mass of excess reactant remains after the reaction?
6. Balance the following chemical reactions:
a. CO + O2 = CO2

b. KNO3 = KNO2 + O2

c. O3 = O2

d. NH4NO3 = N2O + H2O

e. CH3NH2 + O2 = CO2 + H2O + N2

f. Cr(OH)3 + HClO4 = Cr(ClO4)3 + H2O

7. Given the following reaction: Na2S2O3 + AgBr = NaBr + Na3[Ag(S2O3)2]

a. How many moles of Na2S2O3 are needed to react completely with 42.7 g of
AgBr?
b. What is the mass of NaBr that will be produced from 42.7 g of AgBr?

8. Take the reaction: NH3 + O2 NO + H2O. In an experiment, 3.25 g of NH3 are

allowed to react with 3.50 g of O2.
a. Which reactant is the limiting reagent?

b. How many grams of NO are formed?

c. How much of the excess reactant remains after the reaction?

9. If 4.95 g of ethylene (C2H4) are combusted with 3.25 g of oxygen. Hint
a. What is the limiting reagent?

b. How many grams of CO2 are formed?