CHAPTER 3 c) Relative molecular mass of CoCl2.
6H2O
A. Relative Atomic Mass & Relative Molecular Mass = 59 + 2(35.5) + 6(2+16)
= 238
Examples: d) Relative molecular mass of C8H10N4O2
1. Calculate how many carbon atoms will have the = 8(12) + 10(1) + 4(14) + 2(16)
same mass as 1 silver atom. (Ar: C,12;Ag,108) = 194
Answer: Assuming n carbon atoms have the same
mass as 1 silver atom. 6. Vitamin B2 has the formula C17H24N4Ox. If its
12n = 108 relative molecular mass is 380, determine the value
n = 108 of x. Then write the molecular formula of vitamin
12 B2. (Ar: H,1;C,12;N,14;O,16)
= 9 atoms Answer:
Relative molecular mass of C17H24N4Ox=380
2. 3 atoms of titanium have the same mass as 12 17(12) + 24(1) = 4(14) + 16x = 380
carbon atoms. Determine the relative atomic mass 16x = 380-284
of titanium. (Ar:C,12) x = 96
Answer: Assume that the relative atomic mass of 16
Ti = a =6
= 12
3a = 12 x 12 7. The relative formula mass of a compound with
a = 12 x 12 formula KXO4 is 158. Determine the relative
3 atomic mass of element X. (Ar: O,16;K,39)
= 48 Answer: Assume relative atomic mass of X is p.
Relative formula mass of KXO4 = 158
3. The mass of krypton atom is equal to the sum of 2 39 + p + 4(16) = 158
magnesium atoms & 3 carbon atoms. What is the p = 158-103
relative atomic mass of krypton? (Ar:C,12;Mg,24) p = 55
Answer:
Relative atomic mass of Kr = 2(24) + 3(12) Exercises
= 48 +36 1. Calculate the number of oxygen atoms that has the
= 84 same mass as 1 copper atom. (Ar:O,16;Cu,64)
4. The relative atomic mass of element X, Y and Z are 2. Calculate the number of magnesium atoms that has
12, 16 & 24 respectively. the same mass as the sum of 2 neon atoms & 5
a) How many times is an atom of Z heavier than oxygen atoms. (Ar:O,16;Ne,20;Mg,24)
an atom of Y?
b) How many atoms of X will have the same 3. An iron atom is 14 times heavier than a carbon
mass as the sum of 3 atoms of Y & 2 atoms of 3
Z? atom. What is the relative atomic mass of iron?
Answer: (Ar:C,12)
a) Z is heavier than Y by 24 times
16 4. The element radium was discovered by Marie
= 1.5 times Curie. 1 radium atom has the same mass as the sum
b) Assume that n atoms of X has the same of 4 calcium atoms & 6 boron atoms. Calculate the
mass as the sum of 3 atoms of Y & 2 relative atomic mass of radium. (Ar:B,11;Ca,40)
atoms of Z. 12n = 3(16) + 2(24)
12n = 96 5. Determine the relative molecular mass or relative
n = 96 formula mass of the following compounds:
12 a) Benzoic acid, C6H5COOH
= 8 atoms b) Copper (II) sulphate, CuSO4
c) Sodium thiosulphate, Na2S2O3.5H2O
5. Determine the relative molecular mass (or relative d) Tetraethyl lead Pb(C2H5)4
formula mass) of the following compounds: (Ar:H,1;C,12;O,16;Na,23;S,32;Cu,64;Pb,207)
a) Al2O3
b) (NH4)2CO3 6. Aspartame is an artificial sweetener that has no
c) CoCl2.6H2O calorie. Its molecular formula is C14H18NxO5. If the
d) Caffein (C8H10N4O2) relative molecular mass of aspartame is 294,
(Relative atomic mass: H,1; C,12; N,14; O,16; determine the value of x. Then write the molecular
Al,27; Cl,35.5; Co,59) formula of aspartame. (Ar:H,1;C,12;O,16;N,14)
Answer:
a) Relative molecular mass of Al2O3 7. A compound with the formula UX6 has a relative
= 2(27) + 3(16) molecular mass of 349. Calculate the relative
= 102 atomic mass of element X (Ar:U,235). Identify the
b) Relative molecular mass of (NH4)2CO3 element X from the list of elements given below.
= 2(14+4) + 12 + 3(16) (Ar:C,12;N,14;O,16;F,19;Br,80)
= 96
B. Relationship between the Number of Moles & the D. Relationship between the Number of Moles of a Gas
Number of Particles (NA: 6x1023 mol-1) & its Volume (1 mol of gas occupies a volume of
24dm3 at room temperature; 1 mol of gas occupies a
8. Calculate the number of particles in volume of 22.4dm3 at s.t.p.)
a) 1/8 mole of nickel atom
b) 0.12 mole of methane molecule, CH4 15. Calculate the volume of the following gases at
c) 0.025 mole of potassium ions, K+ room temperature:
a) 0.45mol of hydrogen gas
9. Calculate the number of atoms in b) 1.25mol of carbon monoxide gas
a) 0.02 mole of methane, CH4
b) 1.25 mole of carbon monoxide, CO 16. Calculate the number of mol of the following gases
c) 0.3 mole of ammonia, NH3 at s.t.p.
a) 0.56dm3 of oxygen gas
10. Calculate the number of mole of the following b) 896cm3 of neon gas
substances:
a) 9 x 1021 copper atoms 17. Calculate the volume occupied by the following
b) 7.5 x 1022 sodium ions gases at room temperature & pressure:
c) 4.5 x 1023 SO2 molecules a) 8g of sulphur dioxide gas, SO2
d) 1.2 x 1024 H2S molecules b) 2.8g of nitrogen gas, N2
c) 2.2g of hydrogen gas, H2
C. Relationship between Number of Moles of a
Substance & its Mass (Ar: H,1;C,12;N,14;O,16; 18. Calculate the mass of the following gases at s.t.p:
Ne,20;Mg,24;S,32;K,39;Ca,40;V,51;Cr,52;Mn,55; a) 16.8dm3 of carbon monoxide gas, CO
Fe,56;Co,59; Cu,64;Zn,65;Br,80;Hg,200) b) 6720cm3 of ethane gas, C2H6
c) 3.36dm3 of bromine gas, Br2
11. Calculate the mass of each of the following
substances: 19. Calculate the number of molecules present in:
a) 0.24mol of calcium atoms a) 1.2dm3 of O2 gas
b) 1.1mol of carbon atoms b) 4800cm3 of CO2 gas at room temperature &
c) 2/3 mol of manganese atoms pressure
d) 0.015mol of magnesium hydroxide Mg(OH)2
e) 0.005mol of benzoic acid, C6H5COOH 20. Calculate the volume of the gases at standard
f) 0.0012mol nicotine, C10H14N2 temperature & pressure that contains:
a) 6 x 1021 CO2 molecules
12. Calculate the number of mol of the following b) 7.5 x 1022 NH3 molecules
substances:
a) 1.3g of chromium E. Chemical Formulae
b) 3.2g of neon Write down the chemical formulae of the following
c) 10g of mercury ionic compounds:
d) 42g of carbon monoxide gas, CO a) Silver nitrate
e) 4.9g of sulphuric acid, H2SO4 b) Sodium thiosulphate
f) 2.02g of potassium nitrate, KNO3 c) Ammonium phosphate
d) Calcium hydroxide
13. Calculate the number of particles in the following e) Magnesium carbonate
substances: f) Zinc phosphide
a) 3g of carbon g) Iron (III) hydroxide
b) 0.59g of cobalt h) Aluminium oxide
c) 1.4g of iron i) Chromium (III) chloride
d) 12.8g of copper j) Copper (II) sulphate
e) 3.3g of carbon dioxide, CO2 k) Nickel (I) chloride
f) 8.5g of ammonia, NH3 l) Magnesium nitride
g) 3.8g of carbon disulphide, CS2 m) Copper (I) chloride
h) 54g of pentane, C5H12 n) Ammonium sulphate
o) Lithium oxide
14. Calculate the mass of the following substances: p) Lead (II) nitrate
a) 3 x 1022 vanadium atoms q) Lead (IV) oxide
b) 1.2 x 1024 sodium atoms r) Manganese (II) chloride
c) 1.2 x 1022 zinc atoms s) Potassium chromate
d) 9 x 1023 beryllium atoms t) Cobalt (II) chloride
e) 9 x 1023 hydrogen sulphide (H2S) molecules u) Sodium nitrite
f) 1.5 x 1024 ethene (C2H4) molecules v) Potassium bicarbonate
g) 3 x 1023 ethanol (C2H5OH) molecules w) Ammonium phosphate
h) 7.5 x 1024 methane (CH4) molecules x) Iron (III) oxide
