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How many molecules are in 34 grams of NaOH

 Jan 20, 2016
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First, you need to calculate the number of moles of NaOH.

\(moles=mass/molecular\space mass\)

Na has an atomic mass of 23, O has an atomic mass of 16, and H has an atomic mass of 1. The molecular mass will be the sum of these atomic masses.

\(moles=34/(23+16+1)\)

\(moles=0.85mol\)

 

Each mole is 6.02*10^23 molecules, so to find the number of molecules, we multiply this number by the number of moles.

\(molecules=0.85\times6.02\times10^{23}\)

\(molecules=5.12\times10^{23}\)

There are therefore 512,000,000,000,000,000,000,000 molecules in just 34g of sodium hydroxide.

 Jan 20, 2016

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