Question

I need help with this.

Answer 1

Answer:

This is not an easy thing to do, and I’m afraid the other answerers have seized on the much easier problem of calculating its molecular mass, which is not what the question specified!

If you have the carbon dioxide in solid form, then it’s simple: Weigh it, but be quick because it evaporates fast.

However, if you have it as a gas, and not a pure gas but in a container mixed with other gases such as air, then it presents a more difficult problem. You could freeze it, but that may not be a practical method if the quantity is small and in a large volume of mixed gases.

If you’ll accept a temporar...