Why are numbers used in chemistry often expressed in scientific notation?

1 answer:

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Reason 1: Allows us to handle larger numbers with ease
Reason 2: Allows us to easily tell the number of significant figures with ease.

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<em>1. Write a balanced chemical equation, including physical state symbols, for the decomposition of solid sodium azide (NaN₃) into solid sodium and gaseous dinitrogen.</em>

NaN₃(s) → Na(s) + 1.5 N₂(g)

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An ideal gas is a theoretical gas that is considered to be composed of randomly moving point particles that do not interact with each other. Gases in general are ideal when they are at high temperatures and low pressures.

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An ideal gas is characterized by absolute pressure (P), volume (V), and absolute temperature (T). The relationship between them constitutes the ideal gas law, an equation that relates the three variables if the amount of substance, number of moles n, remains constant and where R is the molar constant of gases:

P×V = n×R×T

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V= ?
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R= 0.082 $\frac{atmL}{molK}$
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