Question

The mass of a mole of carbon atoms is 12.011 grams What is the mass of a single atom of carbon?

Answer 1

Answer:

mass of one carbon atom = $1.99\times 10^{-23}$ g

Explanation:

1 mole of carbon contains $6.023\times 10^{23}$ atoms of carbon

therefore mass of $6.023\times 10^{23}$ atoms of carbon is 12.011 grams. therefore mass of one carbon atom will be$\frac{12.011}{6.023\times 10^{23}}$ g

mass of one carbon atom = $1.99\times 10^{-23}$ g