Question

A chemist is studying a chemical compound that

has four times as many hydrogen atoms as carbon atoms. He calculates that the
carbon atoms have a mass of 24 grams. What is the mass of the hydrogen
atoms? Explain your reasoning.

Answer 1

the mass of carbon atoms in that compound is 24 grams

mass of 1 c atom is 12g

so there are 2 carbon atoms

given that hydrogen is four times of carbon atoms

so no. of hydrogen atoms is 8

so the mass of hydrogen in that compound is 8g

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