Modern Chemistry, Lesson 14: The Empirical Formula of a Compound - an Experimental Determination

Duration: 30 min

Creator: Encyclopaedia Britannica Educational Corporation

Description: Shows a weighed piece of silver being placed in a weighed crucible, covered with sulfur, and heated. The sulfur melts and reacts with the silver. More sulfur is added, and the procedure is repeated until a constant is reached. The formula derived is called the empirical formula of the compound.

Metadata Source:Catalog of Classroom Teaching Films for Georgia Schools, No. 10 (Georgia Department of Education)