Question

Calculate the mass, in grams, of a single xenon atom (mxe = 131.29 amu ).

Answer 1

Answer is $2.18017\times10^{-22}gms$.

Explanation: To calculate the mass of 1 Xe-atom , we will require atomic mass of Xe which is 131.29amu.

This atomic mass is the mass of 1 mole of 1 Xe-atom. One mole of Xe-atom is $6.022\times10^{23}$ atoms of Xe. We will use this relation to convert Mass of Xe-atom into grams.

$\frac{\text{mass of 1 atom}}{atom}=\frac{\text{mass of 1 mole of atom}}{6.022\times10^{23}atoms}$

$\text{mass of 1 atom}=\frac{\text{mass of 1 mole of atom}}{6.022\times10^{23}}$

$\text{mass of 1 Xe-atom}=\frac{131.29}{6.022\times10^{23}}$

$\text{mass of 1-Xe atom}=21.8017\times10^{-23}gms$

                                               =$2.18017\times10^{-22}gms$