An ionic compound is found to contain 10.9% magnesium, 31.8% chlorine and 57.3% oxygen. what is the empirical formula for this compound?

The empirical formula is MgClO₈.

Explanation:

To find the empirical formula, which is the minimum integer ratio between the atoms in a compound, we have to follow some steps.

Step 1: Divide each percentage by the atomic mass of the element

Step 2: We divide all the numbers by the smallest

In this case, the smallest number is 0.449

Step 3: We incorporate these numbers as the atomicities in the empirical formula

The empirical formula is MgClO₈.

the atomic number will stay the same no matter how many electrons it has, so it doesn’t decrease nor increase. it’ll only change with a different number of protons

58750.08068 is the answer i think