Answer: See below
Explanation:
1. a) 0.15 moles calcium carbonate (15g/100g/mole)
b) 0.15 moles CaO (molar ratio of CaO to CaCO3 is 1:1)
c) 8.4 grams CaO (0.15 moles)*(56 grams/mole)
2. a) 0.274 moles Na2O (17g/62 grams/mole)
b) 46.6 grams NaNO3 (2 moles NaNO3/1 mole Na2O)*(0.274 moles Na2O)*(85 g/mole NaNO3)
John Dalton
Although the concept of the atom dates back to the ideas of Democritus, the English meteorologist and chemist John Dalton formulated the first modern description of it as the fundamental building block of chemical structures.