Answer:
The answer to your question is FeS₃
Explanation:
Data
mass of Fe = 3.78g
mass of S = 5.95 g
mass of FeS
Chemical Balanced Reaction
Fe + S ⇒ FeS
Process
1.- Convert the grams to moles
For Iron
55.85g of Fe -------------- 1 mol
3.78 g of Fe ----------- x
x = (3.78 x 1) / 55.85
x = 0.0677 moles
For Sulfur
32 g of S ------------------- 1 mol
5.95 g ------------------ x
x = (5.95 x 1)/32
x = 0.185 moles
2.- Divide by the lowest number of moles
Iron = 0.0677 /0.0677 = 1
Sulfur = 0.185 /0.0677 = 2.73 ≈ 3
3.- Write the empirical formula
FeS₃
