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The composition of CO is carbon + oxygen

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What is the percentage composition for CO?

The molecular mass of CO is 28. The carbon percentage by mass is ~43%. Hence the oxygen percentage by mass is ~57%.


How does molecule of carbon monoxide differ from a molecule of carbon dioxide?

Carbon monoxide is CO and carbon dioxide is CO2.


Is CO a molecule?

If you think to cobalt this is a chemical element.If you think to carbon monoxide this is only one molecule.


Is carbon monoxide an atom or molecule?

Carbon monoxide (CO) is a molecule. It is made up of carbon and oxygen atoms.


Do the chemical formulas CO and CO2 represent the same compound?

No. CO stands for carbon monoxide and CO2 stands for carbon dioxide. CO has one carbon and one oxygen. CO2 has one carbon and two oxygens.


What is the difference between the composition of a compound having the formula CO with one having the formula CO2?

CO is the chemical formula of carbon monoxide (one atom of oxygen in the molecule). CO2 is the chemical formula of carbon dioxide (two atoms of oxygen in the molecule). They are two different oxides with specific chemical and physical properties.


How many elements are in CO?

Carbon monoxide is a molecule consisting of two elements: carbon and oxygen.


Is the molecule CO carbon monoxide polar or non-polar?

it is polar (inorganic) molecule


What is the size of CO molecule?

The size of a CO (carbon monoxide) molecule is approximately 0.13 nanometers in diameter.


How many atoms are in C0?

Carbon Monoxcide has 2 atoms in every molecule, 1 Carbon and 1 Oxygen.


What is the ratio of the number of oxygen atoms to carbon atoms in the carbon monoxide molecule?

1:1, carbon monoxide is one carbon atom and one oxygen atom.


What is CO made out of?

CO is made of one Carbon and one Oxygen atom. This covalent molecule is also named Carbon Monoxide.