How many O2 molecules can be made with the oxygen from 492 g of sodium phosphate?

We must analyze how are we going to convert the given mass of sulfur into molecules of oxygen. Oxygen has a subscript of 2. It means that it has two atoms per molecule. Which means, there are

7.37

x

10

22

molecules but

12.04

x

10

22

atoms of oxygen

To answer this question, you need to change the sodium phosphate unit into mol and doing the reaction. Sodium phosphate or Na3PO4 molecular weight is 163.94 or 164 rounded up. Then the amount should be: 492g / (164g/mol) = 3 mol

For every 1 mol of Na3PO4 there are 4 mol of oxygen element. To made 1 mol of O2 molecule, you will need 2 mol oxygen element. Then the amount of oxygen should be: 4/2 * 3 mol = 6 mol * 6.02 * 10^23 = 36.12 * 10*23 = 3.61 * 10^24