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5 ml of a gas containing only carbon and hydrogen were mixed with an excess of oxygen (30 ml) and the mixture exploded by means of an electric spark. After the explosion, the volume of the mixed gases remaining was 25 ml. On adding a concentrated solution of potassium hydroxide, the volume further diminished to 15 ml of the residual gas being pure oxygen. All volumes have been reduced to N.T.P. Calculate the molecular formula of the hydrocarbon gas.

4.215 g of a metallic carbonate was heated in a hard glass tube and the CO₂ evolved was found to measure 1336 ml at 27^oC and 700 mm pressure. What is the equivalent weight of metal?

2.76 g of silver carbonate on being strongly heated yields a residue weighing