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PRONUNCIATION OF EMPIRICAL FORMULA

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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF EMPIRICAL FORMULA

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Empirical formula is a noun.
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WHAT DOES EMPIRICAL FORMULA MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Empirical formula

In chemistry, the empirical formula of a chemical compound is the simplest positive integer ratio of atoms present in a compound. A simple example of this concept is that the empirical formula of hydrogen peroxide, or H2O2, would simply be HO. An empirical formula makes no reference to isomerism, structure, or absolute number of atoms. The empirical formula is used as standard for most ionic compounds, such as CaCl2, and for macromolecules, such as SiO2. In contrast, the molecular formula identifies the number of each type of atom in a molecule, and the structural formula also shows the structure of the molecule. Different compounds can have the same empirical formula.

Definition of empirical formula in the English dictionary

The definition of empirical formula in the dictionary is a chemical formula indicating the proportion of each element present in a molecule. Other definition of empirical formula is a formula or expression obtained from experimental data rather than theory.

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WORDS THAT END LIKE EMPIRICAL FORMULA

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Translation of «empirical formula» into 25 languages

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The translations of empirical formula from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «empirical formula» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

经验公式
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

fórmula empírica
570 millions of speakers

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empirical formula
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

अनुभवजन्य सूत्र
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

الصيغة التجريبية
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

эмпирическая формула
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

fórmula empírica
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

গবেষণামূলক সূত্র
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

formule empirique
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Formula empirik
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Translator English - German

Summenformel
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Translator English - Japanese

実験式
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Translator English - Korean

실험식
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Rumus empiris
85 millions of speakers
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công thức kinh nghiệm
80 millions of speakers

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அனுபவம் வாய்ந்த சூத்திரம்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

अनुभवजन्य सूत्र
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

Ampirik formül
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

formula empirica
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

Wzór empiryczny
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

емпірична формула
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Translator English - Romanian

formula empirică
30 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Greek

εμπειρικό τύπο
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Translator English - Afrikaans

empiriese formule
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Translator English - Swedish

empiriska formeln
10 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Norwegian

empiriske formel
5 millions of speakers

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «EMPIRICAL FORMULA»

Discover the use of empirical formula in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to empirical formula and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Chemical Principles: The Quest for Insight
(a) What is the empirical formula of the compound? (b) Assuming that the empirical and molecular formulas of the compound are the same, what is its name? F.10 A chemist found that 4.69 g of sulfur combined with fluorine to produce 15.81 g ...
Peter Atkins, Loretta Jones, 2007
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General Chemistry, Enhanced Edition
The molecular formula of a compound is a multiple of its empirical formula. For example, the molecular formula of acetylene, C2H2, is equivalent to (CH)2, and the molecular formula of benzene, C6H6, is equivalent to (CH)6. Therefore, the ...
Darrell Ebbing, Steven D. Gammon, 2010
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Chemical Principles
Notice that molecular formula 5 (empirical formula)x, where x is an integer. Molecular formula 5 (empirical formula)x, where x is an integer. C6H6 = (CH)6 S8 = (S)8 C6H12O6 = (CH2O)6 We can find the smallest whole-number ratio of atoms in ...
Steven Zumdahl, Donald J. DeCoste, 2012
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Introductory Chemistry: A Foundation, Hybrid
Now, because Molecular formula n empirical formula then Solving for n gives Molar mass n empirical formula mass molar mass empirical formula mass Thus, to determine the molecular formula, we first divide the molar mass by the empirical ...
Steven Zumdahl, Donald J. DeCoste, 2010
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Chemistry and Chemical Reactivity, Enhanced Edition
This simplest, whole-number ratio of atoms in a formula is called the empirical formula. Percent composition data allow us to calculate the atom ratios in a compound. A molecular formula, however, must convey two pieces of information : (1) ...
John Kotz, Paul Treichel, John Townsend, 2009
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General Chemistry: Media Enhanced Edition
Its empirical formula is NaO. H202 Figure 3.7 Molecular model of hydrogen peroxide (H202) Hydrogen peroxide has the empirical formula HO and the molecular formula H202. In order to arrive at the correct structure of molecular compounds ...
Darrell Ebbing, Steven D. Gammon, 2007
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Barron's AP Chemistry
DETERMINING AN EMPIRICAL FORMULA 1 . Determine the mass of each element in the compound. You may have to use one or more of the following techniques: a. Convert percentages to grams. b. Convert the mass of compound to the ...
Neil D. Jespersen, 2007
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Introductory Chemistry: A Foundation
Determine the empirical formula for each compound. a. C6H6. This is the molecular formula for benzene, a liquid commonly used in industry as a starting material for many important products. b. C12H4Cl4O2. This is the molecular formula for ...
Steven Zumdahl, Donald J. DeCoste, 2014
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Introductory Chemistry: An Active Learning Approach
This is the empirical formula for all compounds having the general formula CnH2n. The empirical formula shows the simplest ratio of atoms of the elements in the compound. All subscripts are reduced to their lowest terms; they have no ...
Mark Cracolice, Edward Peters, 2009
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Introduction to Spectroscopy
Without knowledge of the molecular mass of the unknown, there is no way of determining whether the empirical formula, which is determined directly from elemental analysis, is the true formula of the substance or whether the empirical formula ...
Donald Pavia, Gary Lampman, George Kriz, 2014

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «EMPIRICAL FORMULA»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term empirical formula is used in the context of the following news items.
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Is there really a mathematical formula that predicts happy …
... mathematician who correlated all the data the psychologists gathered and came up with an empirical formula that seems to predict if a couple ... «ZME Science, Jul 15»
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Govt fails to formulate GEP for state
... of working out an empirical formula for accounting the state's natural resources so that an environment indicator or GEP could be worked out. «Chandigarh Tribune, Jun 15»
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Novel high-κ dielectrics for next-generation electronic devices …
... the leakage current. The leakage current density by direct tunneling (JDT) can be expressed using the following semi-empirical formula: ... «Nature.com, Jun 15»
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The Pursuit Of Happiness Made Easier With A Mathematical …
After years of trying to define joy and its necessity in lives, researchers have been able to condense happiness in an empirical formula. People ... «The Inquisitr, May 15»
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Alien Supercivilizations Absent from 100000 Nearby Galaxies
In 1973 Carl Sagan devised a more empirical formula for Kardashev's scale that allowed for finer gradations. Our current planetbound ... «Scientific American, Apr 15»
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Professor Hanington's Speaking of Science: The history of synthetic …
Michael Faraday had shown in 1829 that rubber had the empirical formula C5H8 and the chemist Williams obtained a liquid with the same ... «Elko Daily Free Press, Apr 15»
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Whitman School of Management Supply Chain Expert Shares …
Finally, the study offered an empirical formula by which to price wine futures. "Our study is groundbreaking for smaller artisanal and boutique ... «PR Newswire, Apr 15»
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A Simple DC Radiometer: The Principles of Remote Temperature …
Hence, the following empirical formula can be applied for use in the calibration of an actual instrument: Where F and F1 are constants that are ... «AZoSensors, Mar 15»
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Super Bowl Sunday Brunch
... boxing nonsense and sometimes we delve into chemical composition flowcharts using the empirical formula. Take out your abacus and put ... «The Boxing Tribune, Feb 15»
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10 Countries with the Highest Quality of Life Index
It is an estimation of overall quality of life in a particular country by using an empirical formula, which is that quality of life index = 65 + ... «Insider Monkey, Jan 15»

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