A sample of 1.818 g of a vanadium oxide is completely reduced by heating with excess hydrogen gas. The reaction produces vanadium metal and 0.900 g of water.
What is the empirical formula of this vanadium oxide?
[Use relative atomic masses: H=1.0\text{H} = 1.0H=1.0, O=16.0\text{O} = 16.0O=16.0, V=50.9\text{V} = 50.9V=50.9]
VO2\text{VO}_2VO2
V2O3\text{V}_2\text{O}_3V2O3
V2O5\text{V}_2\text{O}_5V2O5
VO\text{VO}VO
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