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Number of atoms/percentage in terms of mass
Posted: Wed Jan 20, 2021 4:22 pm
by Deborah
Let's supose there is a lower pie where oxigen is drawn as a percentage in terms of number of atoms,then it's turn into percentage in terms of mass,My question is why would the oxigen get larger?it said it's because hydrogen atoms are ligther than the atoms of any other element but i don't really understand that.
Re: Number of atoms/percentage in terms of mass
Posted: Thu Jan 21, 2021 1:06 am
by ChenBeier
I dont understand what you mean by pie.
Re: Number of atoms/percentage in terms of mass
Posted: Thu Jan 21, 2021 5:01 pm
by Deborah
ChenBeier wrote: ↑Thu Jan 21, 2021 1:06 am
I dont understand what you mean by pie.
i mean pie chart sorry for not being clear
Re: Number of atoms/percentage in terms of mass
Posted: Fri Jan 22, 2021 12:06 am
by ChenBeier
I also dont know I got your question. Let say you have 1 mol hydrogen and 1 mol oxygen. The amount is in both cases the same. If you convert this to the mass then the oxygen is 16 times heavier as the hydrogen. Compare a apple with a pumpkin.
Youhave 10 of each. But the pumpkins are larger and heavier.