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What is the purpose of plasma membrane?

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kobusy [5.1K]3 years ago

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Its to protect the cell from its surroundings, its selectively permeable to ions and organic molecules

Verizon [17]3 years ago

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the task of plasma membrane is to control the inner plasma into the cell and do not allow it to spread outside the cell.

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Step 1: Obtain the mass of each element present in grams

Element % = mass in g = m

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Step 2: Determine the number of moles of each type of atom present

m/atomic mass = Molar amount (M)

Molar amount of carbon = (83.884 1 mol ) / 12 g = 6.99

Molar amount of hydrogen = (10.486 1 mol) / 1 g = 10.49

Molar amount of oxygen = (18.64 1 mol) / 16 g = 1.17

Molar amount of nitrogen = (86.99 1 mol) / 14 g = 6.21

Step 3: Divide the number of moles of each element by the smallest number of moles

M / least M value = Atomic Ratio (R)

Atomic radius of carbon = 6.99 / 1.17 = 5.9 = 6

Atomic radius of hydrogen = 10.49 / 1.17 = 8.9 = 9

Atomic radius of oxygen = 1.17 / 1.17 = 1

Atomic radius of nitrogen = 6.21 / 1.17 = 5

Step 4: Convert numbers to whole numbers. This set of whole numbers are the subscripts in the empirical formula.

R * whole number = Empirical Formula

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Explanation

Given:

Mass of K₂O produced (actual yield) = 28.56 g

Mass of K that reacted = 25.00 g

Equation: 4K(s) + O₂(g) → 2K₂0(s)

What to find:

The percent yield of K₂O.

Step-by-step solution:

The first step is to calculate the theoretical yield of K₂O produced.

From the balanced equation, 4 mol K produced 2 mol K₂O

Molar mass of K₂O = 94.20 g/mol)

Molar mass of K = 39.10 g/mol)

This means 4 mol x 39.10 g/mol = 156.40 g K produced 2 mol x 94.20 g/mol = 188.40 g K₂O

So 25.00 g K will produce:

$\frac{25.00\text{ }g\text{ }K\times188.40\text{ }g\text{ }K₂O}{156.40\text{ }g\text{ }K}=30.1151\text{ }g\text{ }K₂O$

Actual yield of K₂O = 28.56 g

Theoretical yield of k₂O = 30.1151 g

The percent yield for the reaction can now be calculated using the formula below:

$\begin{gathered} Percent\text{ }yield=\frac{Actual\text{ }yield}{Theoretical\text{ }yield}\times100\% \\ \\ Percent\text{ }yield=\frac{28.56\text{ }g}{30.1151\text{ }g}\times100\% \\ \\ Percent\text{ }yield=0.9484\times100\% \\ \\ Percent\text{ }yield=94.84\%\approx95\% \end{gathered}$

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