Question
Question: Analyse the table and fill in the blanks: Gas| Atomic mass| Molecular mass| Atomicity ---|---...
Analyse the table and fill in the blanks:
Gas | Atomic mass | Molecular mass | Atomicity |
---|---|---|---|
Oxygen | 16 | 48 | - |
Nitrogen | 14 | - | 2 |
Solution
Atomicity is basically the number of atoms in the molecules of an element or we can say the total number of atoms that composes a molecule is known as its atomicity. In older contexts atomicity was used in the same sense as the valency.
Complete step by step answer:
We have been provided a table with some missing entities, so firstly we will make calculations and find out the missing entities for oxygen.
Given:
Atomic mass of oxygen=16
Molecular mass of oxygen=48
To calculate: Atomicity=?
As we all know that, Atomicity=At.massMol.mass
Therefore for oxygen,
Atomicity=1648=3
Now we will calculate missing entities for nitrogen gas.
Given:
Atomic mass of oxygen=14
Atomicity=2
To calculate: Molecular mass=?
As we all know that, Atomicity=At.massMol.mass
Therefore, Mol.mass=Atomicity×At.mass
So, for nitrogen
Mol.mass=2×14=28
Hence the molecular mass of nitrogen gas is 28gm/mol .
Hence the completed table is as following:
Gas | Atomic mass | Molecular mass | Atomicity |
---|---|---|---|
Oxygen | 16 | 48 | 3 |
Nitrogen | 14 | 28 | 2 |
Note:
Atoms are the basic structural units of matter and the defining structure of elements. Basically the atom word came from a Greek word which means indivisible, so we can say that atom is the smallest particle in the universe which cannot be further divided.