Answer:
MoClBr₂
Explanation:
First we calculate the mass of bromine in the compound:
- 300.00 g - (82.46224 g + 45.741 g) = 171.79676 g
Then we<u> calculate the number of moles of each element</u>, using their <em>respective molar masses</em>:
- 82.46224 g Mo ÷ 95.95 g/mol = 0.9594 mol Mo
- 45.741 g Cl ÷ 35.45 g/mol = 1.290 mol Cl
- 171.79676 g Br ÷79.9 g/mol = 2.150 mol Br
Now we <u>divide those numbers of moles by the lowest number among them</u>:
- 0.9594 mol Mo / 0.9594 = 1
- 1.290 mol Cl / 0.9594 = 1.34 ≅ 1
- 2.150 mol Br / 0.9594 = 2.24 ≅ 2
Meaning the empirical formula is MoClBr₂.
The answer is 7. Valence electrons are the electrons in the very last shell, so we need to look at the outer “circle” and count the electrons, or the little black dots. There are 7 in the last shell.
The % error in the second trial is calculated as follows
% error = actual molarity/ theoretical molarity x100
= 0.83/0.95 x100 = 87.4% error of second trial
