Chemistry In Context
9th Edition
ISBN: 9781259638145
Author: Fahlman, Bradley D., Purvis-roberts, Kathleen, Kirk, John S., Bentley, Anne K., Daubenmire, Patrick L., ELLIS, Jamie P., Mury, Michael T., American Chemical Society
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Chapter 4.3, Problem 4.11YT
Skill Building Calculating the Mass of Atoms
Follow these instructions for the three examples:
- I. Predict whether the value will be large or small.
- II. Calculate the value.
- III. Do your calculations match your predictions? Think about whether your predictions were reasonable.
- a. The average mass in grams of an individual atom of carbon.
- b. The mass in grams of 5 trillion carbon atoms.
- c. The mass in grams of 6 × 1015 carbon atoms.
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