Ascorbic Acid
How many moles of carbon, hydrogen, and oxygen are present in ascorbic acid?
Ascorbic acid (vitamin C) contains 40.92 % carbon, 4.58% hydrogen, and 54.50% oxygen by mass. Assume a 100-g sample of ascorbic acid.
From the percentage values it’s easy to calculate the mass of individual atoms:, e.g. in 100g ascorbic acid there is 40.92g [...]