Question

How many molecules are in 3.6 grams of NaCl?

Answer 1

Answer:

$\boxed{\text{None}}$

Explanation:

There are no molecules in NaCl, because it consists only of ions.

However, we can calculate the number of formula units (FU) of NaCl.

Step 1. Calculate the moles of NaCl

$\text{No. of moles}=\text{3.6 g NaCl}\times \dfrac{\text{1 mol NaCl}}{\text{63.54 g NaCl}} = \text{0.0567 mol NaCl}$

Step 2. Convert moles to formula units

$\text{FU} = \text{0.0567 mol NaCl} \times \dfrac{6.022 \times 10^{23}\text{ FU NaCl}}{\text{1 mol NaCl}}\\\\= 3.4 \times 10^{22} \text{ FU NaCl}$

There are $\boxed{3.4 \times 10^{22} \text{ FU NaCl}}$ in 3.6 g of NaCl.