SOLUTION: water is the universal solvent that has a chemical formula H2O. Hydrogen has 1g mass while oxygen has 16g mass. what is the ratio of oxygen mass to hydrogen mass in the formula H2O

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Question 1162457: water is the universal solvent that has a chemical formula H2O. Hydrogen has 1g mass while oxygen has 16g mass. what is the ratio of oxygen mass to hydrogen mass in the formula H2O?
Answer by josgarithmetic(39618)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
16 to 2, or 8 to 1.


That is really just an approximation.

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