<span>You can answer this question by getting the atomic number and atomic mass of Oxygen from a periodic table. There you will find that the atomic number is 8, that means, by definition, that it has 8 protons. This is, because atomic number is defined as the number of protons of an element. Given that the atom is neutral, that implies that the atoms have the same number of electrons than protons. So you already know that the oxygen atoms has 8 protons and 8 electrons. The number of neutrons can vary, which is what defines the isotopes. Given that the atomic mass of oxygen is 15.999, that means that most atoms of oxygen has 8 neutrons (8 protons +8 neutrons = 16 atomic mass). But you can not be sure that a specific atom of oxygen has 8 neutrons, nevertheless, given that the other options are discarded (because they do not have 8 protons and 8 electrons), the only correct answer is the option A. 8 protons, 8 electrons, and 8 neutrons.</span>
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Answer:
14.3 g SO₃
Explanation:
2S + 3O₂ → 2SO₃
First, find the limiting reactant. To do that, calculate the mass of oxygen needed to react with all the sulfur.
5.71 g S × (1 mol S / 32 g S) = 0.178 mol S
0.178 mol S × (3 mol O₂ / 2 mol S) = 0.268 mol O₂
0.268 mol O₂ × (32 g O₂ / mol O₂) = 8.57 g O₂
There are 10.0 g of O₂, so there's enough oxygen. The limiting reactant is therefore sulfur.
Use the mass of sulfur to calculate the mass of sulfur trioxide.
5.71 g S × (1 mol S / 32 g S) = 0.178 mol S
0.178 mol S × (2 mol SO₃ / 2 mol S) = 0.178 mol SO₃
0.178 mol SO₃ × (80 g SO₃ / mol SO₃) = 14.3 g SO₃
