Question

What mass (in grams) of silver contains the same number of atoms as 5.59 grams of sulfur?

Answer 1

Answer:

18.84 g of silver.

Explanation:

We'll begin by calculating the number atoms present in 5.59 g of sulphur. This can be obtained as follow:

From Avogadro's hypothesis,

1 mole of sulphur contains 6.02×10²³ atoms.

1 mole of sulphur = 32 g

Thus,

32 g of sulphur contains 6.02×10²³ atoms.

Therefore, 5.59 g of sulphur will contain = (5.59 × 6.02×10²³) / 32 = 1.05×10²³ atoms.

From the calculations made above, 5.59 g of sulphur contains 1.05×10²³ atoms.

Finally, we shall determine the mass of silver that contains 1.05×10²³ atoms.

This is illustrated below:

1 mole of silver = 6.02×10²³ atoms.

1 mole of silver = 108 g

108 g of silver contains 6.02×10²³ atoms.

Therefore, Xg of silver will contain 1.05×10²³ atoms i.e

Xg of silver = (108 × 1.05×10²³)/6.02×10²³

Xg of silver = 18.84 g

Thus, 18.84 g of silver contains the same number of atoms (i.e 1.05×10²³ atoms) as 5.59 g of sulfur