A student calculated the number of moles of carbon dioxide present in a 100.0 g sample of a gaseous mixture. If the student determined that there is 0.30 mole of carbon dioxide present in the sample, what is the percent composition of carbon dioxide in the sample?

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A student calculated the number of moles of carbon dioxide present in a 100.0 g sample of a gaseous mixture. If the student determined that there is 0.30 mole of carbon dioxide present in the sample, what is the percent composition of carbon dioxide in the sample?

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Percentage composition of an element is calculated from its molecular mass.

Percentage composition =mass of single elementmass of the molecule

It can be also calculated from the following methods:

  • weight by weight
  • volume by volume ........etc .
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