Placing a 0.725 g copper strip in the presence of iodine vapor produced a yellowish-white coating on

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Placing a 0.725 g copper strip in the presence of iodine vapor produced a yellowish-white coating on the metal strip. The mass of the copper strip and coating was 0.733 g. The coating was removed by rinsing the coated metal strip in a potassium thiocyanate (KSCN) solution, yielding a clean copper strip of mass 0.721 g. What is the empirical formula of the yellowish-white compound?

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General Chemistry Principles And Modern Applications

ISBN: 9780132931281

11th Edition

Authors: Ralph Petrucci, Jeffry Madura, F. Herring, Carey Bissonnette

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