Question

6. A silver ring has a mass of 5.25 grams also. Calculate the number of silver atoms present in the ring?

Answer 1

6. You must divide the mass by it’s molar mass to give you the total amount of moles within that piece. This will give you approx 0.05mol. You can now multiply this value by Avagadros constant which gives you 2.93 x 10^22 atoms. I would expect gold to have less atoms as it’s molar mass is higher than that of silvers, meaning that less atoms would be required to equal the same mass