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Percentage of nitrogen in urea?

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Urea has the formula NH2-CO-NH2 , i.e. CH4N2O
Mol wt = 60 g/mol

Atomic mass of N = 14 & no of atoms = 2 i.e. 28 g/mol of urea

Thus the % = 28/60 x 100 = 46.66 %

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