How Do You Convert 16 Grams Of Sugar(C12H22O11) To Moles?
First you need a periodic table. Look up each atom and find the atomic weight. The atomic weight listed on periodic tables is the weight of one mole (6.022 x 10^23 atoms) of the substance. Simply add up all the atomic weights for all the atoms in sugar; this is then the molecular weight of sugar (or how much one mole of sugar weighs). Divide this by 16 grams and you get the number of moles. Just remember to add the numbers correctly, for instance you have a total of 12 Carbon atoms. If you have 2 water molecules (H2O) which would be 2H2O, you then have 4 Hydrogen atoms.
