What is the mass percent of nitrogen in ammonium carbonate, $(NH_4)_2CO_3$ ?

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Answer 1 · 2016-05-15T22:15:56

A little less than $28%$ .

$"% nitrogen by mass"$

$=$ $"Mass of nitrogen"/"Molar mass of ammonium carbonate"xx100%$

$(2xx14.01*g*mol^-1)/(96.09*g*mol^-1)xx100%$ $=$ $??$

What is the mass percent of nitrogen in ammonium carbonate, (NH_4)_2CO_3(NH_4)_2CO_3?