Question

A student weighs out a 6.64 g sample of , transfers it to a 500. mL volumetric flask, adds enough water to dissolve it and then adds water to the 500. mL tick mark. What is the molarity of cobalt(II) fluoride in the resulting solution

Answer 1

Answer:

the molarity of cobalt(II) fluoride in the resulting solution is = 0.137  M

Explanation:

Given that :

a student dissolves 6.64 g of CoF₂  into 500 mL of water

volume of the solution(water) = 500 mL = 0.50 L

The standard  molar mass of CoF₂ is 96.93 g/mol

number of moles of CoF₂ = mass of CoF₂/molar mass of CoF₂

number of moles of CoF₂ = 6.64 g/96.93 g/mol

number of moles of CoF₂ = 0.0685 mol

The molarity of any given substance is known to be as the number of moles of solute dissolved in one litre of solution.

Thus ;

Molarity of  cobalt(II) fluoride CoF₂ in the resulting solution is = number of moles / Volume in (L)

Molarity of  cobalt(II) fluoride CoF₂  = 0.0685 mol/ 0.50 L

= 0.137  M

Thus ; the molarity of cobalt(II) fluoride in the resulting solution is = 0.137  M