Question

Calculate the ratio of the mass ratio of SS to OO in SOSO to the mass ratio of SS to OO in SO2SO2. Consider a sample of SOSO in which the mass of SS = 32 gg and the mass of OO = 16 gg. Assume that in SO2SO2 that there is also 32 gg of SS.

Answer 1

Answer:

The ratio of the mass ratio of S to O; in SO, to the mass ratio of S to O; in SO₂, is  2:1

Explanation:

According to the consideration, let us first find the ratio of S and O in both the compounds

For SO:

$\frac{m_{S} }{m_{O} }= \frac{32}{16}\\\\ \frac{m_{S} }{m_{O} }= 2$

Let us express it as

$SO_{\frac{m_{S} }{m_{O} }} = 2$

For SO₂,

Due to two oxygen atoms in the molecule, the mass of oxygen will be taken two times

$\frac{m_{S} }{m_{O} }= \frac{32}{(2)(16)}\\\\ \frac{m_{S} }{m_{O} }= 1$

Let us express it as

$SO_2_{\frac{m_{S} }{m_{O} }}= 1$

Now, for the ratio of both the above-calculated ratios,

$\frac{SO_{\frac{m_{S} }{m_{O} }}}{SO_2_{\frac{m_{S} }{m_{O} }}}=\frac{2}{1}$

The required ratio is 2:1