How Many Moles Of Nitrogen Atoms And Oxygen Atoms Are There In 21.4 Mole Of The Explosive Trinitrotoluene Tnt?

How many moles of nitrogen atoms and oxygen atoms are there in 21.4 mole of the explosive trinitrotoluene (TNT), C7H5N3O6?

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  1. belle_de on December 7th, 2009

    there are 6 atoms O and 3 atoms N per molecule TNT
    therefore…
    there are 6 moles O atoms and 3 moles N atoms per mole TNT
    21.4 mole TNT x (6 moles O / 1 mole TNT = 128 moles O atoms
    21.4 mole TNT x (3 moles N / 1 mole TNT = 64.2 moles N atoms

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