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Why does on emole of carbon have a smaller mass than one mole of sulfur? how are the atomic structures of these elements different?

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Because carbon has a molar mads of 12 (6 protons and 6 neutrons) while sulfur has a molar mass of 16 (8 protons and 8 neutrons)
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