Question

1.0 g of a metal reacts with 1.6 g oxygen to form a metal oxide. Then what is the equivalent weight of the metal?

Answer 1

Answer:

Equivalent weight of oxygen is 8

Explanation:

Answer 2

Given - Metal and metal oxide weight - 1 and 1.6 gram

Find - Equivalent weight of metal

Solution - Equivalent weight and weight of metal are related to each other by the relation -

equivalent weight of metal/equivalent weight of oxide = weight of metal/weight of oxygen

So, keeping the values in the formula, to find the equivalent weight of metal.

We know, equivalent weight of oxygen is 8 gram.

Now, equivalent weight of metal = 1/1.6*8

Equivalent weight of metal = 8/1.6

Equivalent weight of metal = 5

Hence, equivalent weight of metal is 5 grams.