 | American Gas Light Association - 1901 - 628 pages
...one of Oxygen, O, and its weight is equal to the sum of the weights of these two atoms. Therefore its molecular weight is equal to the sum of the atomic weights of Carbon, C, and Oxygen, O, or to 16+12 = 28. This shows that 16 Ibs. of Oxygen, O, unite with 12 Ibs.... | |
 | Paul Caspar Freer - 1895 - 304 pages
...carbon is not a g'as, and second, because the elements carbon and hydrogen do not easily unite directly. 8. One volume of methane, under these circumstances,...formula for one molecule of methane is CH4. CHAPTER XXII. SUBSTITUTION OF HYDROGEN IN METHANE BY CHLORINE. Substitution of Hydrogen by Metals. We have... | |
 | Edwin Lee - 1908 - 452 pages
...Formulae. (a) Simple Molecules (H2, O2, O3, Hg, As4, S8). (b) Compound Molecules (FeS, HgO, H2O, HCl, MgO). Molecular Weight is equal to the sum of the atomic weights of all of the atoms of which the molecule is composed. DETERMINATION OF MOLECULAR FORMULAE AND EQUATIONS.... | |
 | American Gas Institute - 1908 - 1166 pages
...one of Oxygen, O, and its weight is equal to the sum of the weights of these two atoms. Therefore its molecular weight is equal to the sum of the atomic weights of Carbon, C, and Oxygen, O, or to 16 + 12 = 28. This shows that 16 Ib. of Oxygen, O, unite with 12 Ib.... | |
 | Andrew Irving Andrews - 1928 - 192 pages
...The formula weight, therefore, is calculated in exactly the same manner as the molecular weight. The molecular weight is equal to the sum of the atomic weights of the atoms in a molecule of a compound. In the compound KaO we have the elements K and 0. K has an atomic... | |
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Such a molecular weight is equal to the sum of the atomic weights of one atom of carbon (12), and four atoms of hydrogen (4). 