Q.

On complete combustion, 0.492 g of an organic compound gave 0.792 g of CO2. The % of carbon in the organic compound is _______. (Nearest Integer)              [2023]


Ans.

(44)

44 gm of CO2 contains 12 g carbon

0.792 gm of CO2 contains 0.792×1244 g of carbon

% of carbon=0.2160.492×100=43.9%44%