Chapter 3: Problem 26
Avogadro’s number, molar mass, and the chemical formula of a compound are three useful conversion factors. What unit conversions can be accomplished using these conversion factors?
Chapter 3: Problem 26
Avogadro’s number, molar mass, and the chemical formula of a compound are three useful conversion factors. What unit conversions can be accomplished using these conversion factors?
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Get started for freeIn the spring of \(1984,\) concern arose over the presence of ethylene dibromide, or EDB, in grains and cereals. EDB has the molecular formula \(\mathrm{C}_{2} \mathrm{H}_{4} \mathrm{Br}_{2}\) and until 1984 was commonly used as a plant fumigant. The federal limit for \(\mathrm{EDB}\) in finished cereal products is 30.0 parts per billion (ppb), where \(1.0 \mathrm{ppb}=\) \(1.0 \times 10^{-9} \mathrm{g}\) of \(\mathrm{EDB}\) for every 1.0 \(\mathrm{g}\) of sample. How many molecules of EDB are in 1.0 lb of flour if 30.0 ppb of EDB is present?
Balance the following equations representing combustion reactions: c. $C_{12} \mathrm{H}_{22} \mathrm{O}_{11}(s)+\mathrm{O}_{2}(g) \rightarrow \mathrm{CO}_{2}(g)+\mathrm{H}_{2} \mathrm{O}(g)$ d. Fe \((s)+\mathrm{O}_{2}(g) \rightarrow \mathrm{Fe}_{2} \mathrm{O}_{3}(s)\) e. $\mathrm{FeO}(s)+\mathrm{O}_{2}(g) \rightarrow \mathrm{Fe}_{2} \mathrm{O}_{3}(s)$
You take 1.00 g of an aspirin tablet (a compound consisting solely of carbon, hydrogen, and oxygen), burn it in air, and collect 2.20 $\mathrm{g} \mathrm{CO}_{2}\( and 0.400 \)\mathrm{g} \mathrm{H}_{2} \mathrm{O} .$ You know that the molar mass of aspirin is between 170 and 190 $\mathrm{g} / \mathrm{mol}\( . Reacting 1 \)\mathrm{mole}$ of salicylic acid with 1 mole of acetic anhydride \(\left(\mathrm{C}_{4} \mathrm{H}_{6} \mathrm{O}_{3}\right)\) gives you 1 mole of aspirin and 1 mole of acetic acid $\left(\mathrm{C}_{2} \mathrm{H}_{4} \mathrm{O}_{2}\right)$ Use this information to determine the molecular formula of salicylic acid.
Balance the following equations: a. $\mathrm{Ca}(\mathrm{OH})_{2}(a q)+\mathrm{H}_{3} \mathrm{PO}_{4}(a q) \rightarrow \mathrm{H}_{2} \mathrm{O}(l)+\mathrm{Ca}_{3}\left(\mathrm{PO}_{4}\right)_{2}(s)$ b. $\mathrm{Al}(\mathrm{OH})_{3}(s)+\mathrm{HCl}(a q) \rightarrow \mathrm{AlCl}_{3}(a q)+\mathrm{H}_{2} \mathrm{O}(l)$ c. $\mathrm{AgNO}_{3}(a q)+\mathrm{H}_{2} \mathrm{SO}_{4}(a q) \rightarrow \mathrm{Ag}_{2} \mathrm{SO}_{4}(s)+\mathrm{HNO}_{3}(a q)$
A sample of urea contains $1.121 \mathrm{g} \mathrm{N}, 0.161 \mathrm{g} \mathrm{H}, 0.480 \mathrm{g} \mathrm{C}\( and 0.640 \)\mathrm{g}$ O. What is the empirical formula of urea?
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