Question

Which of the possible compounds has a mass of 163 grams when

Answer 1

Answer:

CH4

Explanation:

In solving this problem, we must remember that one mole of a compound contains Avogadro's number of elementary entities. These elementary entities include atoms, molecules, ions etc. Recall that one mole of a substance is the amount of substance that contains the same number of elementary entities as 12g of carbon-12. The Avogadro's number is 6.02 × 10^23.

Hence we can now say;

If 163 g of the compound contains 6.13 ×10^24 molecules

x g will contain 6.02 × 10^23 molecules

x= 163 × 6.02 × 10^23 / 6.13 × 10^24

x= 981.26 × 10^23/ 6.13 ×10^24

x= 160.1 × 10^-1 g

x= 16.01 g

x= 16 g(approximately)

16 g is the molecular mass of methane hence x must be methane (CH4)