Nitrogen is a diatomic molecule in the VA family on the periodic table. Nitrogen has five valence electrons, so it needs three more valence electrons to complete its octet. A nitrogen atom can fill its octet by sharing three electrons with another nitrogen atom, forming three covalent bonds, a so-called triple bond.
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Let's start with the amount given in percent. Let our basis be 100 grams of compound. So, that means that in this amount, 57.1 g is oxygen and 100-57.1=42.9 g is carbon. Since there is 1:1 atom ratio, it also means that moles oxygen = moles carbon.
Moles = Mass/Relative Mass
Let x be the relative mass of oxygen
57.1/16 = 42.9/x
Solving for x,
<em>x = 12.02 amu</em>
32 grams of sulfur will contain 6.022 X 1023 sulfur atoms.
