A pure chloride of a transition metal has the empirical formula MClₓ
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Problem
A pure chloride of a transition metal has the empirical formula MClₓ, where x is an integer from 1 to 4. The compound is found to contain 65.5 % chlorine by mass. Which combination of x and metal M is most consistent with these data?
(a) x=4,Ti
(b) x=3,Ni
(c) x=3,Fe
(d) x=3,V