K + S = K2S
Potassium reacts with sulfur to produce potassium sulfide
Answer:
15.89grams
Explanation:
The mass of a substance can be calculated from it's mole value by using the formula:
mole = mass/molar mass
According to this question, there are 0.250 moles of copper. Hence, the mass of copper can be calculated as follows:
Molar mass of Cu = 63.55g/mol
0.250 = mass/63.55
mass = 0.250 × 63.55
mass = 15.8875
Mass of Cu in 0.250mol is 15.89grams.
I think the correct answers are X2Y and X3Y, X2Y5 and X3Y5, and X4Y2 and X3Y,
for the following reason:
If you look at the combining masses of X and Y in
each of the two compounds,
The first compound contains 0.25g of X combined with
0.75g of Y
so the ratio (by mass) of X to Y = 1 : 3
The second compound contains 0.33 g of X combined with
0.67 g of Y
so the ratio (by mass) of X to Y = 1 : 2
Now, you suppose to prepare each of these two
compounds, starting with the same fixed mass of element Y ( I will choose 12g
of Y for an easy calculation!)
The first compound will then contain 4g of X and 12g
of Y
The second compound will then contain 6g of X and
12g of Y
<span>The ratio which combined
the masses of X and the fixed mass (12g) of Y
= 4 : 6
<span>or 2 : 3 </span>
So, the ratio of MOLES of X which combined with the
fixed amount of Y in the two compounds is also = 2 : 3 </span>
The two compounds given with the plausible formula must therefore contain
the same ratio.
