How many oxygen atoms are there in a half mole quantity of carbon dioxide?

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anor277
Sep 29, 2016

In a 1/2 mole of CO_2? Well, clearly there are 1 mole of oxygen atoms.

Explanation:

In one mole of CO_2, clearly there are 2 mole of oxygen atoms; note that I speak in terms of atoms, and not molecules, and I am perfectly free to do so in the context of this question.

So in a 1/2 mole of CO_2, there are 1 mol of oxygen atoms. What are the masses of each quantity?

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