Question

A copper atom has a mass of 1 06 times 10^-22 g and a penny has a mass of 2.5 g. Use this information to answer the questions below. Be sure your answers have the correct number of significant digits. What is the mass of 1 mole of copper atoms? g How many moles of copper atoms have a mass equal to the mass of a penny?

Answer 1

Answer:

Mass of 1 mole of copper is 63.83 g.

0.03916 moles of copper atoms have a mass equal to the 2.5 grams of copper penny.

Explanation:

Mass of 1 copper atom,m = $1.06\times 10^{-22} g$

$1 mole = 6.022\times 10^{23} atoms$

Mass of 1 mole of copper :

= $6.022\times 10^{23} atoms\times 1.06\times 10^{-22} g=63.83 g$

Mass of 1 mole of copper = 63.83 g

Mass of copper penny = 2.5 g

Atomic mass of copper = 63.83 g/mol

Moles of copper in 2.5 g of copper penny:

$\frac{2.5 g}{63.83 g/mol}=0.03916 mol$

0.03916 moles of copper atoms have a mass equal to the 2.5 grams of copper penny.