Question

How many moles of chloride ions are there in 2.5 L of 5 M magnesium chloride?

Answer 1

Answer:

$n_{Cl^-}=25molCl^-$

Explanation:

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In this case, since the given 5-M concentration of magnesium chloride is expressed as:

$5\frac{molMgCl_2}{L}$

We can notice that one mole of salt contains two moles of chloride ions as the subscript of chlorine is two, in such a way, with the volume of solution we obtain the moles of chloride ions as shown below:

$n_{Cl^-}=5\frac{molMgCl_2}{L}*\frac{2molCl^-}{1molMgCl_2} *2.5L\\\\n_{Cl^-}=25molCl^-$

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