Which statement is true about an empirical formula?

1. it is the true ratio of atoms in a formula unit.
2. it is the simplest ratio of atoms in a formula unit.
3. it represents the true molecular mass of a chemical formula.
4. it represents the highest ratio of coefficients in a chemical formula.

2. It is the simplest ratio of atoms in a formula unit.

Explanation:

The empirical formula refers to how to provide the minimum proportion in which chemical elements combine into one substance. Sometimes it may happen that the minimum formula is equal to the molecular formula of the compound; However, this is not always true.  In short, the empirical formula refers to the simplest ratio of atoms in a unit of formula.

For example, the empirical or minimal formula of water is H2O, indicating that there is a 2: 1 ratio between the elements that make up water molecules. And, coincidentally, this is also the molecular formula of water.

most historians agree that gabriel mouton, the vicar of st. paul’s church in lyons, france, is the “founding father” of the metric system. he proposed a decimal system of measurement in 1670. mouton based it on the length of one minute of arc of a great circle of the earth (now called a nautical mile, 1852 meters). he also proposed the swing-length of a pendulum with a frequency of one beat per second as the unit of length (about 25 cm). a pendulum beating with this length would have been fairly easy to produce, thus facilitating the widespread distribution of uniform standards. over the years, his work was revised, improved, and extended by a number of french scientists.

the political sponsor of weights and measures reform in the french revolutionary national assembly was the bishop of autun, better known as talleyrand. under his auspices, the french academy appointed several committees to carry out the work of developing a usable system of weights and measures for france. one of the committees recommended a decimalized measurement system based upon a length equal to one ten-millionth of the length of a quadrant of the earth’s meridian (i.e., one ten-millionth of the distance between the equator and the north pole).

here are some of the ways in which chemical and nuclear reactions differ.

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