Question

Albus Dumbledore provides his students with a sample of 19.3 g of sodium sulfate. How many oxygen atoms are in this sample

Answer 1

Answer:

3.27·10²³ atoms of O

Explanation:

To figure out the amount of oxygen atoms in this sample, we must first evaluate the sample.

The chemical formula for sodium sulfate is Na₂SO₄, and its molar mass is approximately 142.05$\frac{g}{mol}$.

We will use stoichiometry to convert from our mass of Na₂SO₄ to moles of Na₂SO₄, and then from moles of Na₂SO₄ to moles of O using the mole ratio; then finally, we will convert from moles of O to atoms of O using Avogadro's constant.

19.3g Na₂SO₄ · $\frac{1 mol Na^2SO^4}{142.05g Na^2SO^4}$ · $\frac{4 mol O}{1 mol Na^2SO^4}$ ·$\frac{6.022x10^2^3}{1 mol O}$

After doing the math for this dimensional analysis, you should get a quantity of approximately 3.27·10²³ atoms of O.