Answer:
18.0 g of mercury (11) oxide decomposes to produce 9.0 grams of mercury
Explanation:
Mercury oxide has molar mass of 216.6 g/ mol. It gas a molecular formula of HgO.
The decomposition of mercury oxide is given by the chemical equation below:
2HgO ----> 2Hg + O₂
2 moles of HgO decomposes to produce 1 mole of Hg
2 moles of HgO has a mass of 433.2 g
433.2 g of HgO produces 216.6 g of Hg
18.0 of HgO will produce 18 × 216.6/433.2 g of Hg = 9.0 g of Hg
Therefore, 18.0 g of mercury (11) oxide decomposes to produce 9.0 grams of mercury
Answer:
Explanation:
The average atomic mass (sometimes called atomic weight) of an element is the weighted average mass of the atoms in a naturally occurring sample of the element. Average masses are generally expressed in unified atomic mass units (u), where 1 u is equal to exactly one-twelfth the mass of a neutral atom of carbon-12.