Question

A chemical reaction produces 3.81g potassium chloride (KCl). How many formula units of potassium chloride are there? *Find Molar Mass of KCl*
Answer is 3.08 E 22 formula units, but I need the work shown​

Answer 1

Answer:

The number of formula units in 3.81 g of potassium chloride (KCl) is approximately 3.08 × 10²²

Explanation:

The given parameters is as follows;

The mass of potassium chloride produced in the chemical reaction (KCl) = 3.81 g

The required information = The number of formula units of potassium chloride (KCl)

The Molar Mass of KCl = 74.5513 g/mol

$The \ number \ of \ moles \ of \ a \ substance, n = \dfrac{The \ mass \ of \ the substance}{The \ Molar \ Mass \ of \ the \ substance}$

Therefore, we have;

$The \ number \ of \ moles \ of \ KCl= \dfrac{3.81 \ g}{74.5513 \ g/mol} \approx 0.051106 \ moles$

1 mole of a substance, contains Avogadro's number (6.022 × 10²³) of  formula units

Therefore;

0.051106 moles of KCl contains 0.051106 × 6.022 × 10²³  ≈ 3.077588 × 10²² formula units

From which we have, the number of formula units in 3.81 g of potassium chloride (KCl) ≈ 3.08 × 10²² formula units.