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Mods. Empirical Formula of an Oxide of Tin. Purpose: Within completing this lab, it was intended for the experimenter (student) to determine the empirical formula of an oxide of Tin by means of experimenting. This goal would be accomplished by finding the masses of the various substances experimented with, which 30 mesh tin, Tin Oxide, and Oxygen.
The correct formula for magnesium oxide is MgO, a 1.0 to 1.0 ratio. But sometimes in this experiment the ratio of Mg to O comes out too low. (Example: 0.9 Mg to 1.0 O) In that case, it means that there was too much oxygen relative to the mass of magnesium. At other times it comes out that the ratio is too large.