A solution is made by adding 50 grams of gelatin to 400 grams of water. What is the mass % of water in the sample?
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Answer: 2. cannot be an element.
Explanation:
Element is a pure substance which is composed of atoms of similar elements.It can not be decomposed into simpler constituents using chemical reactions.Example: Copper
Compound is a pure substance which is made from atoms of different elements combined together in a fixed ratio by mass.It can be decomposed into simpler constituents using chemical reactions. Example: methane
Thus as it can be decomposed into its constituent elements, it is a compound.
Mixture is a substance which has two or more components which do not combine chemically and do not have any fixed ratio in which they are present.
Thus methane cannot be an element.
So let's convert this amount of mL to grams:
Then we need to convert to moles using the molar weight found on the periodic table for mercury (Hg):
Then we need to convert moles to atoms using Avogadro's number:
So now we know that in 1.2 mL of liquid mercury, there are present.