Question
Question: How many grams of sodium are in \(25\) moles?...
How many grams of sodium are in 25 moles?
Solution
We know that on multiplying molar mass of substance to the number of molecules provided in the problem we get grams of substance contained in a particular mole of a substance. Atomic weight when multiplied to the number of mole results in it's gram weight.
Complete step-by-step answer: Here mole is standard unit of measurement of amount of substance. Substances react in simple ratios of their respective mole. One mole consist of Avogadro number of atoms that is 6.022×1023 atom The amount of atom in 12 gram of Carbon−12 is same as a Avogadro's number as it's for 1 mole of a carbon that is a sample of 12 gram of a carbon which is equal to it's 1 mole. It is similar to a dozen.
Thus the molar mass is amount of gram present in one
mole of substance. It's also average atomic weight of substance, for example carbon has atomic weight of 12 amu, so a molar mass is given as 12 gram per mole. The formula for conversion of mole to gram is given as:
Gram = mole ×atomic weight
We have here given 25 moles of sodium atom
Therefore here gram = 1 mole × atomic weight of a sodium atom
Also, atomic weight of a sodium atom which is 23 (number of a neutron + number of a proton)grams = 25mole × 23 = 575 grams
Thus, 575 grams are contained in a 25 mole of a sodium atom.
Note: Note that calculating mass is known as gram atomic mass. It's mass of one mole of element example; gram atomic mass of a hydrogen which is 1 gram for one mole of hydrogen. It's the same as the atomic weight of a hydrogen atom.