What is an ionic compound? How is electrical neutrality maintained in an ionic compound?
1 answer:
<u>Answer:</u> When oppositely charged species interact.
<u>Explanation:</u>
Ionic compound is defined as the compound which is formed by the complete transfer of electrons from one element to another element.
In these compounds, oppositely charged ions are attracted towards each other to form a compound.
<u>For Example:</u> NaCl is formed by the attraction of ions. So, same number of oppositely charges maintain electrical neutrality.
Electrical neutrality in a compound is achieved when atoms forming a compound have same number of opposite charges. Basically the charges on cation is balanced by the charges on anion.
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× 10²³ molecules are in 41.8 g of sulfuric acid
Explanation
The first step is to convert 41.8 g of sulfuric acid to moles by dividing the mass of sulfuric acid by its molar mass.
Molar mass of sulfuric acid, H₂SO₄ = 98.079 g/mol
Finally, convert the moles of sulfuric acid to molecules using Avogadro's number.
Conversion factor: 1 mole of any substance = 6.022 × 10²³ molecules.
Therefore, 0.426187053 moles of sulfuric acid is equal
Thus, 2.57 × 10²³ molecules are in 41.8 g of sulfuric acid.