The percentage composition of Carbon in CH4 is 75%
What is an Element?
The chemical element, also called element, any substance that cannot be decomposed into simpler substances by ordinary chemical processes
What is an Atom?
An atom is the smallest unit of ordinary matter that forms a chemical element
What is percentage composition?
The percentage composition of a given compound is defined as the ratio of the amount of each element to the total amount of individual elements present in the compound multiplied by 100.
How to calculate the percentage composition?
Percentage composition of an element= mass of atom×100÷ total mass of compound
% composition of C in CH4 = mass of C×100÷ mass of CH4
mass of Carbon = 12g
Mass of CH4 = 12+4=16
% composition of C in CH4 = 12×100÷16 = 75%
Hence The percentage composition of Carbon in CH4 is 75%
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