Tin and purple Iodine combine to form an orange solid tin iodide compound. If the compound contains 0.00383 moles of Sn and 0.01534 moles of I, what is its' empirical formula?

Answer 1

Sn = 0.00383 mols
I = 0.01534.

The easy way to find the ratio is to divide the smaller number by itself (thereby assuring you will get 1.000), the divide the other number by the same small number.
Sn = 0.00383/0.00383 = 1.00
I = 0.01534/0.00383 = 4.005
Then round to whole numbers so the empirical formula is SnI4.

Answer 2

20.02