What is the percent of carbon in 50.0 g of cyclohexane?

1 Answer
Jan 12, 2017

85.62%

Explanation:

The molar mass of C6H12 (cyclohexane) is 84.16gmol

C (carbon) has molar mass 12.01 and has 6 atoms in cyclohexane.

12.016=72.06

72.0684.16=0.856226

So, Carbon has 85.62% of C6H12

In 50g of cyclohexane, there is 42.81g of Carbon.