Question

Calculate the mass of scheelite that contains a billion oxygen atoms. Be sure your answer has a unit symbol if necessary, and round it to 3 significant digits.

Answer 1

So, you know that one molecule of carbon dioxide contains

one atom of carbon,

1

×

C

two atoms of oxygen,

2

×

O

This means that the given number of atoms of oxygen would correspond to

4.8

⋅

10

22

atoms O

⋅

1 molecule CO

2

2

atoms O

=

2.4

⋅

10

22

molecules CO

2

Now, one mole of any molecular substance contains exactly

6.022

⋅

10

22

molecules of that substance -- this is knIn your case, the sample of carbon dioxide molecules contains

2.4

⋅

10

22

molecules CO

2

⋅

1 mole CO

2

6.022

⋅

10

23

molecules CO

2

=

0.03985 moles CO

2

Finally, carbon dioxide has a molar mass of

44.01 g mol

−

1

, which

own as Avogadro's constant.

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