The following is the introduction to a special e-publication called Determining the Age of the Earth (click the link to see a table of contents). Published earlier this year, the collection draws articles from the archives of Scientific American. In the collection, this introduction appears with the title, “Stumbling Toward an Understanding of Geologic Timescales.”
Answer:
The molar mass of carbon
Explanation:
Before the mass (in grams) of two moles of carbon can be determined, <u>the molar mass of the element would be needed.</u>
<em>This is because the number of mole of an element is the ratio of its mass and the molar mass</em>. That is,
number of mole = mass/molar mass
Hence, the mass of elements can be obtained by making it the subject of the formular;
mass = number of mole x molar mass
<em>Therefore, the molar mass of carbon would be needed before the mass of 2 moles of the element can be determined.</em>
