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A student has a 5.00 gram sample of calcium chloride (CaCl2) solid. How many moles of calcium chloride are

contained in this sample?

Respuesta :

Answer: 0.0450 moles of [tex]CaCl_2[/tex]

Explanation:

According to avogadro's law, 1 mole of every substance weighs equal to its molecular mass and contains avogadro's number [tex]6.023\times 10^{23}[/tex] of particles.

To calculate the moles, we use the equation:

[tex]\text{Number of moles}=\frac{\text{Given mass}}{\text {Molar mass}}[/tex]

[tex]\text{Number of moles of} CaCl_2=\frac{5.00g}{110.98g/mol}=0.0450moles[/tex]

Thus there are 0.0450 moles of [tex]CaCl_2[/tex]