carbon combines with hydrogen to form compounds having the following compositions A carbon (%) 75, B carbon(%) 85.7 C carbon(%)92.3 show that the data illustrates the law of multiple proportions

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Q. Carbon is ground to form two oxides which contains 42.9 % and 27.3% carbon respectively.Show that this figure illustrate the law of multiple proportions.

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12 g

of carbon combines with

64 g

sulphur to form

{C S}_{2}

12 g

carbon also combines with

32 g

oxygen to form

{C O}_{2}

10 g

sulphur combines with

10 g

oxygen to form

{S O}_{2}

. These data illustrate the

Q. In addition to carbon monoxide

(C O)

and carbon dioxide

(C O_{2})

, there is a third compound of carbon called carbon sub-oxide. If a

2.500 g

sample of carbon sub-oxide contains

1.32 g

C

and

1.18 g

O

, using the law of multiple proportions, a possible formula of carbon sub-oxide can be deduced. What is the number of carbon atoms in such a formula?

Which of the following statement(s) is/are correct about carbon compounds?

(i) Carbon has the ability to form covalent bonds with other atoms of carbon giving rise to a large number of molecules through a self-linking property.

(ii) Carbon compounds do not show isomerism.

(iii) Carbon compounds are highly unstable compounds.

(iv) Carbon compounds have low melting and boiling points.

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