The number of moles present in #"44 g"# of #"CO"_2# ?

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Nam D. · Truong-Son N. · Stefan V.
Feb 17, 2018

#"0.9998 mols" -> "1.0 mols"# (2 sig figs)

Explanation:

#CO_2# has a molar mass of #44.009 \ "g/mol"#. That means that one mole of #CO_2# has a mass of #44.009 \ "g"#.

So, in #44 \ "g"# of #CO_2#, there is a little under one mole of #"CO"_2#.

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