Vitamin C contains only carbon, hydrogen, and oxygen. When a 1.00 g was combusted, 1.4991 g of CO2 and 0.4092 g of H2O were obtained. Determine the empirical formula for this vitamin.

The empirical formula for this vitamin : C₃H₄O₃

The empirical formula is the smallest comparison of atoms of compound =mole ratio of the components

The principle of determining empirical formula

Mass of C in CO₂ :(MW C = 12 g/mol, CO₂=44 g/mol)

Mass of H in H₂O :(MW H = 1 g/mol, H₂O = 18 g/mol)

Mass O = Mass sample - (mass C + mass H) :

mol ratio C : H : O =

alkaline metals are lithium, sodium, rubidium, potassium, cesium and francium.

alkali metals have electronegativity from 0.7 to 1, lowest in periodic table of elements, which means that alkali metals (i group in periodic table) has positive oxidation number in compounds.

electronegativity is a chemical property that describes the tendency of an atom to attract a shared pair of electrons towards itself.

alkaline metals (far left in main group) have lowest ionizations energy and easy remove valence electrons,

for example, potassium is the alkali metal and has a single valence electron in the outer electron shell.

electron configuration of potassium is: ₁₉k 1s²2s²2p⁶3s²3p⁶4s¹.

they can not exist alone in nature, because they are very reactive.

1. they vary with a higher number because boiling is way hotter than melting