A block of wood has a volume of 64 cm3 and a mass of 46 grams. What is the density of the block?
1 answer:
The correct answer is 0.72 g/cm3
Explanation:
The density of a material depends on both its mass (amount of matter), which is usually provided in grams (g), and its volume (space occupied), which is provided in units such as cubic centimeters cm3. Moreover, to find how dense the material is, take the mass and divide it into the volume. The process for finding the density of the block of wood is shown below:
This means the density is 0.71g/cm3 and this can be rounded to 0.72 g/cm3
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Answer:
empirical formula:
2 g H
32.7 g S
65.3 g O
Explanation:
Like the problem said, the first thing we can do is calculate the mass of each of the 3 elements in a 100-gram sample:
- 2.00% * 100g = 2 g H
- 32.7% * 100g = 32.7 g S
- 65.3% * 100g = 65.3 g O
Now we need to find the empirical formula from these. To do so, convert all of those masses into moles by using the molar mass for each element:
- the molar mass of H is 1.01 g/mol
- the molar mass of S is 32.06 g/mol
- the molar mass of O is 16 g/mol
2 g H ÷ 1.01 g/mol = 1.98 mol H
32.7 g S ÷ 32.06 g/mol = 1.02 mol S
65.3 g O ÷ 16 g/mol = 4.08 mol O
Our ratio of H : S : O is now:
1.98 mol : 1.02 mol : 4.08 mol
Divide them all by the smallest number, which is 1.02:
1.98/1.02 : 1.02/1.02 : 4.08/1.02
1.94 : 1 : 4
1.94 ≈ 2
So:
2 : 1 : 4
Thus, the empirical formula is: .