Acompound is found to contain 31.1% sulfur and 68.9% chlorine determine the empirical formula for the sulfur and chlorine sample

Empirical formula = S₁Cl₂ = SCl₂

Explanation:

The empirical formula of a compound is the simplest whole number ratio of each type of atom in a compound.

This compound contains 31.1% sulfur and 68.9% chlorine.

That is 100g of the compound contains 31.1 g of sulfur and 68.9 g of chlorine.

Convert the mass of each element to moles using the molar mass from the periodic table.

Moles of Sulfur =

= 0.9699

Moles of Chlorine=

= 1.9434

Divide each mole value by the smallest number of moles calculated.

Units of sulfur =  

= 1

Units of Chlorine =  

= 2

Empirical formula = S₁Cl₂ = SCl₂

answer:

the reaction is type of combination reaction.

explanation:

on the product side, there are 2 molecules of bonded to fe   which means one atom of fe are combined two molecules of . so, balanced chemical equation becomes :

this reaction follows the reaction type of combination reaction. a combination reaction is defined as chemical reaction in which reactants combines together to form a single product.