Molar Mass
Grams, Atoms, and Moles (oh my!)
Empirical and Molecular Formulas
% Composition
Grab Bag
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What is the molar mass of an element? How do we calculate it?

Molar mass is the mass of one mole of a substance in grams. We calculate it by referencing the periodic table and if there are more than one element in a compound, we add them together. The units are g/mol

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What is the mass of 5 moles of Fe2O3?

798.25 g Fe2O3

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Find the empirical formula for a compound which contains 32.8% chromium and 67.2% chlorine.

Cr2Cl

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What is the percent composition of K2CO3?
K = 56.58% C = 8.69% O = 34.73%
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What is Avogadro's Number?
6.022 x 10^23
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What is the molar mass of BF3

67.8 g/mol

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Find the number of moles of argon in 452 g of argon.

11.3 mols Ar

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What is the empirical formula for a compound which contains 67.1% zinc and the rest is oxygen?

ZnO2

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Calculate the percent composition of carbon, nitrogen and oxygen in acetamide, C2H5NO.
C = 40.66%, N = 23.77% 0 = 27.08%
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What unit is used for molar mass?
g/mol
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What is the molar mass of Mg(OH)2?

58.3 g/mol

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BONUS

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What is the molecular formula for a compound with an empirical formula of C2H8N and a molar mass of 46 grams per mole.
C2H8N (n=1)
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Which compound has a higher percentage of oxygen, H20 or H2O2?
H2O2 H2O = 11.20%H and 88.80%O H2O2= 5.93%H and 94.06O
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What is a mole?
A unit of measure (the bridge between particles and mass)
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What is the molar mass of H3PO4

98 g/mol

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Find the mass in grams of 2.00 x 10^23 molecules of F.

12.6 g F2


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If a compound's empirical formula is CH2O, what is the molecular formula? (Experimental molar mass = 60.0 g/mol)
C2H4O2
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What is the percent composition of NaOH?
Na = 57.46% O = 40.01% H = 2.53%
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Why do we use scientific notation for Avogadro's number?
Because the number is too big (23 numbers the right of the decimal)!
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What is the molar mass of Ga2(SO)3?

213.9 g/mol

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what is the mass 0f 2. 55mol of Na2SO4 ?

362.23 g Na2SO4

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What’s the empirical formula of a molecule containing 65.5% carbon, 5.5% hydrogen, and 29.0% oxygen? What is the molecular formula if the molar mass is 110 g/mol?
Empirical = C3H3O Molecular = C6H6O2
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What is the percent composition of Ca3(PO4)2
Ca = 38.76% P = 19.97% O = 41.27%
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What is the units for molar mass?
g/mol
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