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16 February, 01:32

If you have 100.0 grams of carbon and 100.0 grams or iron, which sample will contain more atoms

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  1. 16 February, 01:53
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    First you need to solve for the number of moles in each.

    1 mole of anything = atomic mas of that element (g)

    Carbon has an atomic mass of 12.0107

    1 mole of Carbon = 12.0107 g

    Iron has an atomic mass of 55.845

    1 mole of Iron = 55.845 g

    now convert each from grams to moles

    (grams of Carbon cancel and you are left with moles of carbon)

    100.0 g Carbon x 1 mol Carbon = 8.326 mol Carbon

    12.0107 g Carbon

    (grams of Iron will cancel and you are left with moles of iron)

    100.0 g Iron x 1 mol Iron = 1.791 mol Iron

    55.845 g Iron

    now we can use avogadro's number to solve for the amount of atoms in each

    1 mol = 6.02x10^23 atoms

    8.326 mol Carbonx 6.02 x 10^23 atoms = 5.012 x 10^24 atoms Carbon

    1 mol Carbon

    1.791 mol Iron x 6.02 x 10^23 atoms = 1.078 x 10^24 atoms Iron

    1 mol Iron

    5.012 x 10^24 atoms Carbon > 1.078 x 10^24 atoms Iron
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