One type of chemical process that can be either exothermic or endothermic is dissolving of salts in water. A salt is a compound made up of positively charged ions and negatively charged ions which are held together in a solid state because the positive and negative charges attract one another.
Density = Mass / Volume
10.5 = 500 / x
10.5x = 500
x = 50 cm^3 (1 sig fig) volume of the sphere
Volume of a sphere = 4/3 pi r^2
pi = 3.14 r = radius
50 = 4/3 pi r^3
50•3/4 = pi r^3
37.5 = pi r^3
37.5/pi = r^3
11.9 = r^3
cube root(11.9) = r
2.3 = r
Diameter = 2•radius
Diameter = 2 • 2.3
Diameter = 5 cm (1 sig fig) diameter
Explanation:
Ammonium lauryl sulfate (ALS) is the common name for ammonium dodecyl sulfate (CH3(CH2)10CH2OSO3NH4). The anion consists of a nonpolar hydrocarbon chain and a polar sulfate end group. The combination of nonpolar and polar groups confers surfactant properties to the anion: it facilitates the dissolution of both polar and non-polar materials. ALS is classified as a sulfate ester. It is found primarily in shampoos and body wash as a foaming agent. Lauryl sulfates are very high-foam surfactants that disrupt the surface tension of water in part by forming micelles at the surface-air interface.
