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3 years ago

Explain how the four states of matter differ at the molecular level

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In solids, strong bonds between atoms/molecules keep them in place. There is not much movement of the individual particals. If you add heat, your substance will go through the different states of matter because the energy you put in is enough to break these bonds between particles. Plasma is a bit different. These are just gas particles BUT they have a charge (that can move from one particle to another) which causes electricity.

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When CO2 decomposes into oxygen and carbon, it gives a gram ratio of 2.67:1 O2:C. When a 32.4g of CO2 decomposes, how many grams

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Answer : The mass of carbon and oxygen produced is 8.83 g and 23.6 g respectively.

Explanation :

Law of conservation of mass : It states that mass can neither be created nor be destroyed but it can only be transformed from one form to another form.

This also means that total mass on the reactant side must be equal to the total mass on the product side.

The balanced chemical reaction will be,

$CO_2\rightarrow O_2+C$

As we are given:

$\text{Mass of }O_2}:\text{Mass of }C=2.67:1{$

According to the law of conservation of mass,

Total mass of $CO_2$ = Mass of $O_2$ + Mass of C

Total mass of $CO_2$ = 2.67 + 1 = 3.67 g

Now we have to calculate the mass of $O_2$ and C.

$\text{Mass of }O_2=\frac{\text{Given mass of }CO_2}{\text{Total mass of }CO_2}\times \text{Given mass of }O_2=\frac{32.4g}{3.67g}\times 2.67=23.6g$

and,

$\text{Mass of }C=\frac{\text{Given mass of }CO_2}{\text{Total mass of }CO_2}\times \text{Given mass of }C=\frac{32.4g}{3.67g}\times 1=8.83g$

Therefore, the mass of carbon and oxygen produced is 8.83 g and 23.6 g respectively.

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In an experiment, 34.8243g of copper (II) nitrate hydrate, Cu(NO3)2•zH2O was heated to a constant mass of 27.0351g. Calculate th

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1) The mass of water lost = 7.7892 grams

2) Z = 3: Cu(NO3)2*3H2O

Explanation:

Step 1: Data given

Mass of copper (II) nitrate hydrate, Cu(NO3)2•zH2O = 34.8243 grams

Mass of substance after heating = 27.0351 grams

Molar mass of Cu(NO3)2 = 187.56 g/mol

Molar mass of H2O = 18.02 g/mol

Step 2: Calculate mass of water

The mass of water is the mass lost after heating.

Mass water = 34.8243 - 27.0351 = 7.7892 grams of water

Step 3: Calculate moles of Cu(NO3)2

Moles Cu(NO3)2 = Mass Cu(NO3)2 / Molar mass Cu(NO3)2

Moles Cu(NO3)2 = 27.0351 grams / 187.56 g/mol

Moles Cu(NO3)2 = 0.144 moles

Step 4: Calculate moles of H2O

Moles H2O = 7.7892 grams / 18.02 g/mol

Moles H2O = 0.432 moles

Step 5: Calculate Z

z = moles H2O / moles Cu(NO3)2

Z = 0.432/0.144

Z = 3

This means we have 3 water molecules in the formula. This makes the formula ofthe hydrate: Cu(NO3)2*3H2O

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