Question

What is the percent composition of C4H10?

Answer 1

Answer: 82.7% C and 17.3% H

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Answer 2

Answer:- C = 82.66% and H = 17.34%

Solution:- To calculate the percentage composition we divide the mass of each atom in the molecule by the molar mass of the molecule and multiply by 100.

The given molecule is
`C_4H_1_0` . It has four carbons and 10 hydrogens. So, to get the mass of carbon we multiply the atomic mass of C by 4. Similarly to get the mass of hydrogen we multiply the atomic mass of H by 10.

mass of C = 4(12.01) = 48.04 g

mass of H = 10(1.008) = 10.08 g

Molar mass of molecule = 48.04 g + 10.08 g = 58.12 g

mass percentage of C =
`((48.04)/(58.12))100`

= 82.66%

mass percentage of H =
`((10.08)/(58.12))100`

= 17.34%

So,
`C_4H_1_0` has 82.66% carbon and 17.34% hydrogen by mass.