The relative atomic masses of elements are proportional measures. For example, the Ar for helium is 4.0, and the A r for carbon is 12.0. This means that carbon atoms have three times the mass of ...

\({\%~of~an~element} = \frac{mass~of~an~element~in~the~compound}{relative~formula~mass~M_r} \times 100\) There are six atoms of hydrogen in the compound, so the mass ...

Law Of Conservation Of Mass: Did you know that in water the ratio of the mass of hydrogen to the mass of oxygen is always 1:8? This led to one of the laws of chemical combination, the law of constant ...