Chemistry In Focus
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Chapter 1, Problem 37E
Several samples of carbon dioxide are obtained and decomposed into carbon and oxygen. The masses of the carbon and oxygen are then weighed, and the results are tabulated as shown here. One of these results does not follow the law of constant composition and is therefore wrong. Which one?
a. 12 grams of carbon and 32 grams of oxygen
b. 4.0 grams of carbon and 16 grams of oxygen
c. 1.5 grams of carbon and 4.0 grams of oxygen
d. 22.3 grams of carbon and 59.4 grams of oxygen
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