Answer to Question #255740 in General Chemistry for Emre

Question

Nitrogen is a highly reactive element and has many forms of oxides and nitrogen content of these oxides can be listed as 46.69% ; 36.85% ; 25.94% by mass. What should be the empirical formula of each compound and mass of oxygen per gram of nitrogen in each compound?

Answer 1

Molar mass of Nitrogen = 14.0067

Molar mass of Oxygen = 15.999

46.69%= NO

36.85%= N₂O

25.94%= N₃O