The method of changing one or more chemical compounds
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In every 100g of that compund there is 50.84 g of C, 8.53 g H and (100-59.37) g = 40.63 g of O.
Step 1: Convert each element's mass in moles. To do that we need to divide each element's mass by their respective molar mass.
For Carbon.
For Hydrogen.
For Oxygen.
Step 2: Divide each of the numbers by the smallest number.
For Carbon.
For Hydrogen.
For Oxygen.
Step 3: So the empirical formula will be.
But using decimal will be messy. So we multiply the numbers by 3. The right empirical formula will be.