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13 July, 07:26

If 6.00 g of the unknown compound contained 0.200 mol of C and 0.400 mol of H, how many moles of oxygen, O, were in the sample?

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  1. 13 July, 07:29
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    Convert moles to mass.

    mass C = 0.2 mol * 12 g / mol = 2.4 g

    mass H = 0.4 mol * 1 g / mol = 0.4 g

    So mass left for O = 6 g - (2.4 g + 0.4 g) = 3.2 g

    Calculating for moles O given mass:

    moles O = 3.2 g / (16 g / mol) = 0.2 moles

    Answer:

    0.2 moles O
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