You perform combustion analysis on a compound that contains only C and H. a. Considering the fact

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You perform combustion analysis on a compound that contains only C and H.
a. Considering the fact that the combustion products CO2 and H2O are colorless, how can you tell if some of the product got trapped in the CuO pellets?
b. Would your calculated results of mass percentage of C and H be affected if some of the combustion products got trapped in the CuO pellets? If your answer is yes, how might your results differ from the expected values for the compound?
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General Chemistry

ISBN: 978-1439043998

9th edition

Authors: Darrell Ebbing, Steven D. Gammon

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