Whatis the percent hydrogen in NaHCO3?

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Oliver S.
Apr 26, 2018

See below:

Explanation:

I assume you mean percentage by mass of the entire compound.

The molar mass of #NaHCO_3# is #approx 84 gmol^-1# and the molar mass of Hydrogen is #approx 1.01 gmol^-1#, so:

#1.01/84 times 100 approx 1.2 %#

So Hydrogen is #1.2%# of the entire compound, by mass.

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