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chemistry
Category: Science > Chemistry Asked by: teatea-ga List Price: $2.00 |
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06 Jul 2003 16:34 PDT
Expires: 05 Aug 2003 16:34 PDT Question ID: 225829 |
The formula for borax is Na2B4O7.10H2O. The number of water molecules in two moles of borax formula units is: a. 6.02 x 10 23 b. 10 c. 1.20 x 10 25 d. 20 |
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Re: chemistry
Answered By: mathtalk-ga on 08 Jul 2003 12:35 PDT Rated: |
Hi, teatea-ga: After I posted my comment, tutuzdad-ga graciously insisted (over my objection) upon having the original answer removed and asked that I post a fully corrected solution in its place. A mole is by definition a certain number (Avogadro's number, 6.022e23 to be precise) of independent units, usually molecules of a chemical substance. Here the units include a "water of hydration" in addition to the borax substance, consisting of 10 molecules of H2O associated with Na2B4O7. Two moles of borax formula units would then contain twenty moles of water. But the question asks for the number of "molecules" of water. So the answer is, as noted in the comment below: 20 * 6.02e23 = 1.20e25 molecules Thus C. is the correct answer here. I hope that this "switcheroo" on the answer may help in some way to clarify the procedure for working these kinds of problems. regards, mathtalk-ga |
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Re: chemistry
From: mathtalk-ga on 06 Jul 2003 21:33 PDT |
With all due respect for the basic concept espoused by tutuzdad-ga in answering the question, the wording asks for "the number of water molecules". Therefore the 2 moles of borax formula units, which contain as tutuzdad-ga points out 10 molecules of water per unit, contain 20 moles of water. To translate this into a "number of water molecules" we must multiply by Avogadro's number: 20 x 6.02E23 = 1.20E25 The correct multiple choice answer was C. regards, mathtalk-ga |
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