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  • 02-03-2017
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why is inaccurate to say CO is 50 percent oxygen

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Because percent relates to mass not molecules. Carbon has a mass of approximately 12 and oxygen has a mass of approximately 16. Since they don't have equal masses, one would have a greater percentage
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