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Chap 7 - Quantification of Elements - Compressed
Chap 7 - Quantification of Elements - Compressed
Chemistry
Chemistry
07
Quantification of Elements
and Compounds
7.1 Relative Atomic Mass (Ar)
Assignment – 7.1
Discuss with the teacher and the students in your class about the units suitable
to measure the mass of the following.
� A motor car � A loaf of bread � A molecule of carbondioxide
�A brick � A tablet of medicine � A helium atom
To measure the mass of items like a motor car, a brick, a loaf bread, a tea spoonful
of sugar and a tablet of medicine, units like kilogram, gram and milligram can be
used. But if the mass of very small particles such as a carbon dioxide molecule, or a
helium atom is given in units like kilogram or gram, the value obtained is extremely
small. Even the attogram (ag), the smallest units of mass is too large to indicate the
mass of atoms or ions.
1 ag = 10-18 g
For example, the mass of an atom of the lightest element, hydrogen (H) is 1.674x10-24 g.
That is 0.000000000000000000000001674 g. Masses of some other atoms are
given below.
= 1.99× 10 g
12
-24
= 1.67 × 10 g
How many times an atom of a given element weighs as much as 1/12 the mass
of C - 12 isotope is the relative atomic mass of that element.
1 Hydrogen H 1
2 Helium He 4
3 Lithium Li 7
4 Beryllium Be 9
5 Boron B 11
6 Carbon C 12
7 Nitrogen N 14
8 Oxygen O 16
9 Fluorine F 19
10 Neon Ne 20
11 Sodium Na 23
12 Magnesium Mg 24
13 Aluminium Al 27
14 Silicon Si 28
15 Phosphorus P 31
16 Sulphur S 32
17 Chlorine Cl 35.5
18 Argon Ar 40
19 Potassium K 39
20 Calcium Ca 40
Worked Examples
01. The mass of a potassium (K) atom is 6.476 x 10-23 g' The mass of a
12
C atom is 1.99 x 10-23 g. Find the relative atomic mass of potassium.
6
Mass of potasium atom
Relative atomic mass of =
1
potassium × Mass of a 12
6 C
atom
12
-23
6.476× 10 g
== 1 -23
× 1.99 × 10 g
12
= = 39.00
39
12
02. The mass of an atom of element A is eight times the mass of C
6
isotope. Find the relative atomic mass of A.
Mass of an atom of a
=
Relative atomic mass of A 1
× mass of a 12
6 C
atom
12
12
Mass of an atom of A = Mass of a 6 C atom x 8
Relative atomic mass of A 8 × Mass of 12
6 C atom
==
1 × mass of a 12 C atom
12 6
== 8 × 12
== 96
03. Mass of a sodium atom is 3.819 x 10-23 g. The value of the atomic mass
unit is 1.67 x 10-24 g. Find the relative atomic mass of sodium.
Relative atomic mass of sodium Mass of a sodium atom
=
Value of the atomic mass unit
3.819 × 10-23g
=
1.67 × 10-24 g
= 23.00
The mass of a water molecule is (H2O) 2.99 x 10-23 g. Atomic mass unit is
1.67 x 10-24 g. Find the relative molecular mass of water.
For example a water molecule has two hydrogen atoms (H) and one oxygen atom
(O) bound together. Therefore, the relative molecular mass of water (H2O) is the
sum of the relative atomic masses of two hydrogen atoms and an oxygen atom.
Since the relative atomic mass of hydrogen is 1 and oxygen is 16, the relative
molecular mass of water can be calculated as follows.
H2O = 2 x 1 + 16 = 18
Relative molecular masses of some elements and compounds are tabulated in Table
7.1.
Table 7'1
Species Molecular Relative molecular mass
formula
1. Hydrogen H2 2 x 1 = 2
2. Nitrogen N2 2 x 14 = 28
3. Oxygen O2 2 x 16 = 32
Exercise 01
Calculate the relative molecular mass of the following compounds.
The ionic compounds such as sodium chloride (NaCl) exist as lattices but not
molecules. Its formula is written to indicate the simplest ratio in which Na+ and
-
Cl ions are present in the ionic lattice. In such compounds what is calculated as the
relative molecular mass is the mass relevant to their empirical formula. It is known
as the relative formula mass or formula mass.
C Mg
12 g 24 g
H
6.022x10²³
1g
atoms Ag
Cl
35.5 g 108 g
Similarly, it can also be shown that when a mass of any substance equal to its rela-
tive molecular mass is taken in grams, it contains the same number of molecules.
After the great scientist Amedeo Avogadro, this constant number is called Avoga-
dro Constant.
Cl2
H2
2g 71 g NH3
CO2
17 g
C6H12O6
44 g
180 g
6.022 x 1023
Molecules
H2SO4
SO2
64 g 98 g
The presently accepted value of this constant is 6.022 x 1023 and it is symbolised
as L .
7.4 Mole
In various tasks, measurement of the amount of a substance is a requirement. A
dozen of books means 12 books. Similarly 'ream' is used to measure the amount of
papers.
In the SI unit system, the unit used to measure the amount of a substance is the
mole.
The mole is the amount of a substance that contains as many basic building
units (atoms, molecules, ions) as there are atoms in exactly 12.00 g of C – 12
isotope.
The number of basic units contained in a mole of any substance is a constant and it
is equal to the Avogadro constant or 6.022 x 1023.
Thus, the relative atomic mass of any element taken in grams contains one mole of
atoms or 6.022 x 1023 atoms. The relative molecular mass of any substance taken in
grams contains one mole of molecules or 6.022 x 1023 molecules.
The following relationship can also be used to find the amount of any given
substance (number of moles).
Worked Examples
05' Relative molecular mass of oxygen (O2) is 32. Find the number of
oxygen molecules (O2) in 10 g of oxygen.
Number of molecules in 32 g of oxygen = 6.022 x 1023
Number of molecules in 10 g oxygen = 6.022 x1023 x 10g/ 32g
= 1.88 x 1023
= 1.11 mol
07. Calculate the amount of carbon dioxide in 22 g of carbon dioxide (Molar
mass of carbon dioxide is 44 g mol-1)'
Amount of carbon dioxide in 44 g of carbon dioxide = 1 mol
1 mol
Amount of carbon dioxide in 22g of carbon dioxide = × 22 g
44 g
= 0.5 mol
Summary
Exercises
03.
i. What is the amount of substance in moles in 12 g of magnesium (Mg) ?
ii. What is the amount of substance in moles in 10 g of calcium carbonate
(CaCO3 ) ?
iii. How many molecules are there in 5 mol of carbon dioxide (CO2) ?
iv. How many water molecules are present in 4 mol of water (H2O) @
v. What is the mass of 2 mol of urea (CO(NH2)2) ?
04. How many moles of oxygen atoms (O) does one mole of each of the
following compounds contain ?
i. Al2O3 ii. CO2 iii. Cl2O7
iv. CH3COOH v. Ba3(PO4)2
Technical terms
Atomic mass unit - mrudKql ialkaO tallh - AqzvoÄ A»S
Mole - ujq,h - ‰À