The correct answer would be “slightly negative”.
Melting can be best described as a process in which molecules gain enough kinetic energy to be able to pass to each other.
The law of conservation of mass<span> states that </span>mass<span> in an isolated system is neither created nor destroyed by chemical reactions or physical transformations.
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12.0g x 1 mol / 63.546g = 0.188839581mol
<span>So, for every 1 mole, we have 6.022 x 10^23 of whatever we're measuring. This gives us a conversion factor of (1 mole / 6.022 x 10^23 atoms) or (6.022 x 10^23 atoms / 1 mole).
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0.188839581 mol x (6.022 x 10^23 atoms) / 1 mol = 1.137191955 x 10^23
<span>Remember from before that we are limited to 3 significant figures. Since our calculations are complete, we can now round down to: 1.14 x 10^23 </span>
<span>That should be your answer!
Hope it helps!
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