Question

carbon monoxide (CO) formed by carbon and oxygen. It was observed experimentally that 3 g of carbon combines with 4 g of oxygen to form CO. In other words, carbon combines with 4/3 times its mass of oxygen. how?​

Answer 1

When two elements combine with each other to form more than one compound, the ratio of the masses of one element that combines with the fixed mass of the other is simply whole numbers.

example:

C+O

2

⟶CO

2

C+

2

1

O

2

⟶CO