Unit 1 Moles and Formulae
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Moles-and-formulae
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GCE - level AS
1.
1.1) Calculate the amount in mol in 25.0g of ZnCO3?
1.2) Calculate the amount in mol in 30.0g of O2?
1.3) Calculate the amount in mol in 40.0g of H2SO4?
1.4)What is the mass of 0.500 mol of CaF2?
1.5) What is the mass of 0.250 mol of Li2CO3?
1.6) What is the mass of 3.00 mol of KHSO4?
1.7) 0.500 mol of an element weigh 12.15g. What is the relative atomic mass of the element
and what is the element?
2.
2.1) How many grams are there in 8.20 x 1024 molecules of H2SO4?
2.2) How many moles are present in 2.45 x 1023 molecules of C2H4?
2.3) How many calcium ions are there in 261 grams of Ca(NO3)2?
2.4) How many grams are there in 2.40 x 1024 molecules of NH3?
2.5) How many grams are there in 6.90 x 1025 molecules of H2?
2.6) How many molecules are there in 180 grams of CO2?
2.7) The mass of one proton is 1.6725 x 10-24 g. Calculate the mass of one mole of 1H+
ions using the Avogadro constant
2.8) The mass of one atom of 12C is 1.99 x 1023g. Use this information to calculate a
value for the Avogadro constant.
2.9) The mass of one mole of 1H atoms is 1.0078g and that of one 1H atom is 1.6734 x 10
24g. Use these data to calculate a value for the Avogadro constant accurate to five significant
figures.
2.10) How does the number of atoms in one mole of helium compare with the number of
molecules in one mole of ammonia?
2.11) Calculate the number of moles, and hence the number of molecules, of NH3 in 0.654 g
of ammonia gas.
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2.12) Calculate the mass, in grams, of a single atom of sodium (23.0).
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2.13) Calculate the number of atoms in 1 mol of carbon dioxide
2.14) How many sulphur atoms are there in 0.0350 mol of sulphur S8 molecules?
2.15) Calculate the number of oxygen molecules that react with 2.61 g of sodium.
2.16) 26.2 g of aluminium sulfate, Al2(SO4)3, was dissolved in water. Calculate the number
of sulfate ions,SO42, present in the solution formed.
3.
3.1) A compound of calcium contains by mass 23.29% of calcium, 18.64% of sulphur and
2.32% of hydrogen, the remainder being oxygen. Determine the empirical formula of this
compound.
3.2) Compound A, which contains carbon, hydrogen and oxygen only, has 38.7% carbon and
9.68% hydrogen by mass, the remainder being oxygen. Calculate the empirical formula of
A.
3.3) A chromium compound contains 28.4% of sodium and 32.1% of chromium by mass, the
remainder being oxygen. Calculate the empirical formula of this compound.
3.4) A compound B contains 36.5% of sodium and 25.5% of sulphur by mass, the rest being
oxygen. Calculate the empirical formula of this compound B
3.5) A salt, C, contains 16.2% by mass of magnesium, 18.9% by mass of nitrogen and 64.9%
by mass of oxygen. Calculate the empirical formula of this compound C
3.6) Compound D contains 45.9 % of potassium and 16.5 % of nitrogen by mass, the
remainder being oxygen. Calculate the empirical formula of this compound D
3.7) Compound E contains 21.6 % by mass of sodium, 33.3 % by mass of chlorine and 45.1
% by mass of oxygen. Calculate the empirical formula of this compound E
3.8) Analysis of a compound F showed that it contained 49.31% of carbon, 6.85% of
hydrogen and 43.84% of oxygen by mass. The Mr of F is 146.0. Calculate the empirical
formula of F and hence deduce its molecular formula.
3.9) Compound G contains 15.38% of carbon, 7.69% of hydrogen, 35.90% of nitrogen and
41.03% of oxygen by mass. Calculate the empirical formula of this compound G
3.10) Ethyne can be used to make compound H (Mr = 215.8) which contains 22.24%
carbon, 3.71% hydrogen and 74.05% bromine, by mass. Calculate the empirical formula of
H and hence deduce its molecular formula.
3.11) Concentrated nitric acid reacts with magnesium to form an oxide of nitrogen which
contains
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30.4% by mass of nitrogen. Calculate the empirical formula of this oxide of nitrogen.
3.12) An oxide of nitrogen contains 25.9% by mass of nitrogen. Determine the empirical
formula of this oxide.
3.13) Sulfamic acid contains 14.42% by mass of nitrogen, 3.09% hydrogen and 33.06%
sulfur. The remainder is oxygen. Calculate the empirical formula of this sulfamic acid
4.
4.1) In an experiment, the Mr of a different hydrated sodium carbonate was found to be 250.
Use this value to calculate the number of molecules of water of crystallisation, x, in this
hydrated sodium carbonate, Na2CO3.xH2O
4.2) Hydrated sodium carbonate has the formula Na2CO3.10H2O. Calculate the percentage,
by mass, of Na2CO3 in hydrated sodium carbonate.
4.3) A hydrated sodium sulphate contains 44.1% by mass of sodium sulfate. Hydrated
sodium sulfate can be represented by the formula Na2SO4. xH2O where x is an integer.
Calculate the value of x.
4.4) Hydrated calcium nitrate can be represented by the formula Ca(NO3)2.xH2O where x is
an integer. A 9.06 g sample of Ca(NO3)2.xH2O contains 2.76 g of water of crystallisation.
Use this information to calculate a value for x.
4.5) 6.57 g of hydrated zinc sulfate (ZnSO4.xH2O) was heated and 3.69 g of anhydrous zinc
sulfate was obtained . Use this information to calculate the value of the integer x in
ZnSO4.xH2O
4.6) If 15.82g of hydrated sodium thiosulphate Na2S2O3.5H2O are heated to remove the
water of crystallisation, what is the maximum mass of anhydrous sodium thiosulphate that
will form?
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