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3 years ago

Why are planets spherical?

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lorasvet [3.4K]3 years ago

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Answer:

All of the planets are round because of gravity. When our Solar System was forming, gravity gathered billions of pieces of gas and dust into clumps which grew larger and larger to become the planets. The force of the collision of these pieces caused the newly forming planets to become hot and molten. The force of gravity, pulled this molten material inwards towards the planet's center into the shape of a sphere. Later, when the planets cooled, they stayed spherical. Planets are not perfectly spherical because they also spin. The spinning force acts against gravity and causes many planets to bulge out more around their equators.

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stepan [7]3 years ago

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It's something we kind of take for granted. Roses are red, and planets are spherical. That's just the way things are, right? After all, building model solar systems would be way more challenging if, instead of using little foam balls, we had to make a bunch of icosahedron-shaped planet models.

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Answer:

The mole fraction of NaOH in an aqueous solution that contain 22.9% NaOH by mass=0.882

Explanation:

We are given that

Aqueous solution that contains 22.9% NaOH by mass means

22.9 g NaOH in 100 g solution.

Mass of NaOH(WB)=22.9 g

Mass of water =100-22.9=77.1

Na=23

O=16

H=1.01

Molar mass of NaOH(MB)=23+16+1.01=40.01

Number of moles = $\frac{Given\;mass}{Molar\;mass}$

Using the formula

Number of moles of NaOH $(n_B)=\frac{W_B}{M_B}=\frac{22.9}{40.01}$

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Molar mass of water=16+2(1.01)=18.02g

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$n_A=4.279 moles$

Now, mole fraction of NaOH

= $\frac{n_B}{n_B+n_A}$

$=\frac{4.279}{0.572+4.279}$

=0.882

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3 years ago

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<h3>Further explanation </h3>

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Determine the mass ratio of the constituent elements of the compound.
Determine the mole ratio by dividing the percentage by the atomic mass

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Mass of H in H₂O :(MW H = 1 g/mol, H₂O = 18 g/mol)

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mol ratio C : H : O =

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Answer:

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