Answer: See below
Explanation: a. The mass of an element is composed of:
protons: 1 amu each
neutrons: 1 amu each
electrons: 0 amu each
Only the protons and neutrons are counted in the atomic mass of an element
b. Electrons are assigned a mass of 0. They do have a mass, but it is exceedingly small compared to the protons and neutrons, so they are left out of the calculation of an element's mass.
c. An element becomes unstable if the neutrons exceed the protons by a certain ratio, dependent on the element.
Answer:
Approximately 
, assuming that this acid is monoprotic.
Explanation:
Assume that this acid is monoprotic. Let 
denote this acid.
.
Initial concentration of without any dissociation:
![[{\rm HA}] = 0.730\; \rm mol \cdot L^{-1}](https://tex.z-dn.net/?f=%5B%7B%5Crm%20HA%7D%5D%20%3D%200.730%5C%3B%20%5Crm%20mol%20%5Ccdot%20L%5E%7B-1%7D)
.
After 
of that was dissociated, the concentration of both 
and 
(conjugate base of this acid) would become:
.
Concentration of in the solution after dissociation:
.
Let ![[{\rm HA}]](https://tex.z-dn.net/?f=%5B%7B%5Crm%20HA%7D%5D)
, ![[{\rm H}^{+}]](https://tex.z-dn.net/?f=%5B%7B%5Crm%20H%7D%5E%7B%2B%7D%5D)
, and ![[{\rm A}^{-}]](https://tex.z-dn.net/?f=%5B%7B%5Crm%20A%7D%5E%7B-%7D%5D)
denote the concentration (in 
or 
) of the corresponding species at equilibrium. Calculate the acid dissociation constant 
for , under the assumption that this acid is monoprotic:
![\begin{aligned}K_{\rm a} &= \frac{[{\rm H}^{+}] \cdot [{\rm A}^{-}]}{[{\rm HA}]} \\ &= \frac{(0.09125\; \rm mol \cdot L^{-1}) \times (0.09125\; \rm mol \cdot L^{-1})}{0.63875\; \rm mol \cdot L^{-1}}\\[0.5em]&\approx 1.30 \times 10^{-2} \end{aligned}](https://tex.z-dn.net/?f=%5Cbegin%7Baligned%7DK_%7B%5Crm%20a%7D%20%26%3D%20%5Cfrac%7B%5B%7B%5Crm%20H%7D%5E%7B%2B%7D%5D%20%5Ccdot%20%5B%7B%5Crm%20A%7D%5E%7B-%7D%5D%7D%7B%5B%7B%5Crm%20HA%7D%5D%7D%20%5C%5C%20%26%3D%20%5Cfrac%7B%280.09125%5C%3B%20%5Crm%20mol%20%5Ccdot%20L%5E%7B-1%7D%29%20%5Ctimes%20%280.09125%5C%3B%20%5Crm%20mol%20%5Ccdot%20L%5E%7B-1%7D%29%7D%7B0.63875%5C%3B%20%5Crm%20mol%20%5Ccdot%20L%5E%7B-1%7D%7D%5C%5C%5B0.5em%5D%26%5Capprox%201.30%20%5Ctimes%2010%5E%7B-2%7D%20%5Cend%7Baligned%7D)
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It has a -1 charge, so it would gain one!
