What is the mass in grams of #5.56 X 10^22# lead atoms?

1 Answer
Jan 25, 2017

Well, #6.0221xx10^23# individual lead atoms have a mass of #207.2*g#.

Explanation:

So we take the quotient,

#(5.56xx10^22" atoms")/(6.022xx10^23*"atoms"*mol^-1)# #xx207.2*g*mol^-1# #=#

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