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topjm [15]
3 years ago
13

You find a compound composed only of element "X" and hydrogen, and know that it is 91.26% element X by mass. Each molecule has 2

.67 times as many H atoms as X atoms. What is element X?
Chemistry
2 answers:
worty [1.4K]3 years ago
4 0
Since you know the ratio of atoms, you can start to put a formula togeter. The formula might look like:<span>
X<span>H2.67 
</span></span>but since atoms can't come in fractional amounts, we have to multiply the formula by some number in order to turn 2.67 into a whole #, while still maintaining the ratio. Multiplying 2.67 by 3 yields 8, so the most likely ratio in the molecule is

X3H8<span>so the ratio of 1:2.67 is still maintained. The mass percent tells you that out of every 100g of compound, 91.26g is element X, so the other 8.74g must be H. Dividing each mass by the number of moles in the formula gets us the molar mass of each element (approximately). DIviding 8.74g by 8 gets 1.09, roughly the molar mass of hydrogen. Dividing 91.26g by 3 gets us 30.4, roughly the molar mass of phosphorus. Element X is most likely phosphorus</span>
AlekseyPX3 years ago
3 0

Answer:

The element X is silicon.

Explanation:

Percentage of element X in compound molecule = 91.26%

Number of X element atom in a molecule = n

Number of hydrogen atom in a molecule = n × 2.67

Molecular formula of compound = H_{2.67n}X_{n}=H_{267}X_{100}

Let the atomic mass of element X = m

Molar mass of compound =267 g/mol+100m

Percentage of an element in a compound:

\%=\frac{\text{Number of atoms of element}\times \text{Atomic mass of element}}{\text{molecular mass of compound}}\times 100

91.26\%=\frac{100 m}{267 g/mol+100m}\times 100

m = 27.87 g/mol ≈ 28 g/mol

The element X is silicon.

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