Lithium, sodium and potassium are highly reactive metals in group 1 of the periodic table.
Lithium metal burns in oxygen to form lithium oxide. In a laboratory experiment, 4.2 g of lithium combined with 4.8 g of oxygen to form this oxide.
Calculate the empirical formula of this lithium oxide. (Relative atomic masses, ArA_{\text{r}}Ar: Li=7\text{Li} = 7Li=7, O=16\text{O} = 16O=16)
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