Question
How many moles of carbon, hydrogen, and oxygen are present in a 100g sample of ascorbic acid?
Answers
Steve
well, assuming you can find the formula for ascorbic acid, say CaObHc, then you can figure the mole weight of acid (12a+16b+c), and divide that into 100g.
Then multiply that number of moles by the respective proportions of the various elements.
Then multiply that number of moles by the respective proportions of the various elements.