Problem 87
Calculate the number of atoms in each sample. a. 5.18 g P
Problem 88
Calculate the number of atoms in each sample. a. 14.955 g Cr
Problem 89a,b
Calculate the mass, in grams, of each sample. a. 1.1×1023 gold atoms b. 2.82×1022 helium atoms
Problem 89c
Calculate the mass, in grams, of each sample. c. 1.8×1023 lead atoms
Problem 89d
Calculate the mass, in grams, of each sample. d. 7.9×1021 uranium atoms
Problem 90
Calculate the mass, in kg, of each sample. a. 7.55×1026 cadmium atoms b. 8.15×1027 nickel atoms c. 1.22×1027 manganese atoms d. 5.48×1029 lithium atoms
Problem 92
How many helium atoms are there in a helium blimp containing 536 kg of helium?
Problem 93
Calculate the average mass, in grams, of one platinum atom.
Problem 94
Using scanning tunneling microscopy, scientists at IBM wrote the initials of their company with 35 individual xenon atoms (as shown below). Calculate the total mass of these letters in grams.
Problem 95
A 7.83 g sample of HCN contains 0.290 g of H and 4.06 g of N. Find the mass of carbon in a sample of HCN with a mass of 3.37 g.
Problem 96
The ratio of sulfur to oxygen by mass in SO2 is 1.0:1.0. a. Find the ratio of sulfur to oxygen by mass in SO3. b. Find the ratio of sulfur to oxygen by mass in S2O.
Problem 97
The ratio of oxygen to carbon by mass in carbon monoxide is 1.33:1.00. Find the formula of an oxide of carbon in which the ratio by mass of oxygen to carbon is 2.00:1.00.
Problem 98
The ratio of the mass of a nitrogen atom to the mass of an atom of 12C is 7:6, and the ratio of the mass of nitrogen to oxygen in N2O is 7:4. Find the mass of 1 mol of oxygen atoms.
Problem 99
An a particle, 4He2 + , has a mass of 4.00151 amu. Find the value of its charge-to-mass ratio in C/kg.
Problem 100
Naturally occurring iodine has an atomic mass of 126.9045 amu. A 12.3849 g sample of iodine is accidentally contaminated with an additional 1.00070 g of 129I, a synthetic radioisotope of iodine used in the treatment of certain diseases of the thyroid gland. The mass of 129I is 128.9050 amu. Find the apparent 'atomic mass' of the contaminated iodine.
Problem 101
Use the mass spectrum of lead to estimate the atomic mass of lead. Estimate the mass and percent intensity values from the graph to three significant figures.

Problem 102
Use the mass spectrum of mercury to estimate the atomic mass of mercury. Estimate the masses and percent intensity values from the graph to three significant figures.
Problem 103
Nuclei with the same number of neutrons but different mass numbers are called isotones. Write the symbols of four isotones of 236Th.
Problem 104
Fill in the blanks to complete the table. Symbol Z A Number of p_x001E_ Number of e_x001D_ Number of n Charge Si 14 ____ ____ 14 14 ____ S2- ____ 32 ____ ____ ____ 2- Cu2+ ____ ____ ____ ____ 34 2+ ____ 15 ____ ____ 15 16 ____
Problem 105
Fill in the blanks to complete the table. Symbol Z A Number of p Number of e− Number of n Charge ______ 8 ______ ______ ______ 8 2- Ca2 + 20 ______ ______ ______ 20 ______ Mg2 + ______ 25 ______ ______ 13 2+ N3 - ______ 14 ______ 10 ______ ______
Problem 106
Neutron stars are composed of solid nuclear matter, primarily neutrons. Assume the radius of a neutron is approximately 1.0×10–13 cm. Calculate the density of a neutron. [Hint: For a sphere V = (4/3)πr3.] Assuming that a neutron star has the same density as a neutron, calculate the mass (in kg) of a small piece of a neutron star the size of a spherical pebble with a radius of 0.10 mm.
Problem 107a
Carbon-12 contains six protons and six neutrons. The radius of the nucleus is approximately 2.7 fm (femtometers) and the radius of the atom is approximately 70 pm (picometers). Calculate the volume of the nucleus and the volume of the atom.
Problem 107b
Carbon-12 contains six protons and six neutrons. The radius of the nucleus is approximately 2.7 fm (femtometers) and the radius of the atom is approximately 70 pm (picometers). What percentage of the carbon atom's volume is occupied by the nucleus? (Assume two significant figures.)
Problem 108
A penny has a thickness of approximately 1.0 mm. If you stacked Avogadro's number of pennies one on top of the other on Earth's surface, how far would the stack extend (in km)? [For comparison, the sun is about 150 million km from Earth and the nearest star (Proxima Centauri) is about 40 trillion km from Earth.]
Problem 109
Consider the stack of pennies in the previous problem. How much money (in dollars) would this represent? If this money were equally distributed among the world's population of 7.0 billion people, how much would each person receive? Would each person be a millionaire? A billionaire? A trillionaire?
Problem 110
The mass of an average blueberry is 0.75 g and the mass of an automobile is 2.0×103 kg. Find the number of automobiles whose total mass is the same as 1.0 mol of blueberries.
Problem 112
A pure titanium cube has an edge length of 2.78 in. How many titanium atoms does it contain? Titanium has a density of 4.50 g/cm3.
Problem 113
A pure copper sphere has a radius of 0.935 in. How many copper atoms does it contain? [The volume of a sphere is (4/3)πr3 and the density of copper is 8.96 g/cm3.]
- What is the radius (in cm) of a pure copper sphere that contains 1.14 * 10^24 copper atoms? [The volume of a sphere is (4/3)πr^3 and the density of copper is 8.96 g/cm^3.]
Problem 114
Problem 115
What is the edge length (in cm) of a titanium cube that contains 2.55 * 1024 titanium atoms? The density of titanium is 4.50 g/cm3.
Ch.2 - Atoms & Elements
