Ascorbic acid, or vitamin c (c6h8o6, molar mass = 176 g/mol), is a naturally occurring organic compound with antioxidant properties. a healthy adult’s daily requirement of vitamin c is 70-90 mg. a sweet lime contains 2.88×10−4 mol of ascorbic acid. to determine whether the ascorbic acid in a sweet lime meets the daily requirement, calculate the mass of ascorbic acid in 2.88×10−4 mol of ascorbic acid.

Answer : 50.69 mg of ascorbic acid does not meet the daily requirement.

Solution : Given,

Molar mass of Ascorbic acid = 176 g/mole

Moles of Ascorbic acid =

Formula used :

or,

Now put all the given values in this formula, we get the mass of ascorbic acid.

Conversion :

As per question, a healthy adult’s daily requirement of vitamin C is 70-90 mg. But calculate mass of vitamin C is 50.69 mg. So, 50.69 mg of ascorbic acid does not meet the daily requirement.