Question

5.00 moles of a binary, group 2 oxide are found to have a mass of 521 g. Identify the group 2 metal

Answer 1

5.00 moles of a binary, group 2 oxide are found to have a mass of 521 g. The group 2 metal is Strontium.

According to question 5 moles of binary group 2 metal oxide mass =521  g

So, 1-mole metal oxide mass will be =521 / 5=104.2 g

Now, as metal oxide is group 2 oxide so metal: oxygen =1: 1

So the mass of metal is =104.2-16=88.2 gm (as the atomic mass of oxygen is 16 g

Therefore, the metal is Strontium(Sr) whose atomic mass is 87.62 g which is nearly 88.2 gm

So, the formula of metal oxide is SrO

The group two metal here is Sr which is strontium and lies in the same group as calcium.

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