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As we know that most of the fertilizers consist of nitrogen, and nitrogen content in these compounds is needed for protein synthesis in plants. We are asked to calculate

the percent by mass Nitrogen in each of the compounds ,, and .

 

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To calculate the mass percent of an element in a given compound, we use the formula:

Given element is nitrogen, hence we are asked to calculate the mass percent of nitrogen in the above-given compounds. 

the total mass of nitrogen is  ,

 

Ammonia is a compound of nitrogen and hydrogen with the formula

the total mass of =    

  

 

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Principles of Chemistry Molecular Approach
3rd Edition, 2014
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ISBN: 9780321971944

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