A flask contains 0.340 mol of liquid bromine, br2. determine the number of bromine molecules present in the flask.
Avogadro's number
represents the number of units in one mole of any substance. This has the value
of 6.022 x 10^23 units / mole. This number can be used to convert the number of
atoms or molecules into number of moles. We calculate as follows:
0.340 mol Br2 ( 6.022 x 10^23 molecules / mol ) = 2.05 x 10^23 molecules
Answer: \(2.05\times 10^{23}\) molecules
Explanation:
According to avogadro's law, 1 mole of every substance weighs equal to its molecular mass and contains avogadro's number \(6.023\times 10^{23}\) of particles.
1 mole of \(Br_2\) contains = \(6.023\times 10^{23}\) molecules of bromine
0.340 mole of \(Br_2\) contains = \(\frac{6.023\times 10^{23}}{1}\times 0.340=2.05\times 10^{23}\) molecules of bromine
Thus there are \(2.05\times 10^{23}\) molecules of bromine present in the flask.