A student heats 5.60 g of iron in air until it has all reacted. The iron oxide formed has a mass of 8.00 g. Relative atomic masses: O=16\mathrm{O} = 16O=16, Fe=56\mathrm{Fe} = 56Fe=56.
What is the empirical formula of the iron oxide?
Fe2O3\mathrm{Fe_{2}O_{3}}Fe2O3
FeO\mathrm{FeO}FeO
Fe3O2\mathrm{Fe_{3}O_{2}}Fe3O2
Fe4O3\mathrm{Fe_{4}O_{3}}Fe4O3
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