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A student found that a water sample contained 3.65x10^-3g of arsenic. How many moles of arsenic is this?

 Mar 30, 2015

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The molar mass of arsenic =  74.92160 g/mol

To calculate moles, we have

grams of substance / moles of substance =  74.92160 g/mol 

3.65x10^-3 g  / moles of substance =   74.92160 g/mol 

moles of substance = 3.65x10^-3 g/  74.92160 g/mo =

0.0000487175927903 moles =

about  4.87 x 10^(-5) moles

 

  

 Mar 30, 2015
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Best Answer

The molar mass of arsenic =  74.92160 g/mol

To calculate moles, we have

grams of substance / moles of substance =  74.92160 g/mol 

3.65x10^-3 g  / moles of substance =   74.92160 g/mol 

moles of substance = 3.65x10^-3 g/  74.92160 g/mo =

0.0000487175927903 moles =

about  4.87 x 10^(-5) moles

 

  

CPhill Mar 30, 2015

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