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robertjordan
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Homework Statement
Zinc has a density of 7.17 Mg/m^3. Calculate (a) the number of Zn atoms per cm^3, (b) the mass of a single Zn atom and (c) the atomic volume of Zn.
Homework Equations
atomic mass of zinc = 65.39 g/mol
The Attempt at a Solution
For part (a) I use the fact that zinc has atomic mass of 65.39 g/mol. So dividing 7,170,000 (g/m^3) by 65.39 (g/mol), you get 109,649.79 (mol/m^3). Then we divide that by 10^6 to get .10964979 mol/cm^3. Then we multiply that by avagadro's number to get 6.603*10^22 atoms/cm^3. Is this right?
For part (b) we know that one cm^3 of zinc has 7,170,000/10^6 grams of mass. AKA 7.17 grams of mass. And we also know from part (a) that one cm^3 of zinc has 6.603*10^22 atoms in it. So each atom has 7.17/6.603*10^22= 1.0859*10^-22 grams of mass. Is that right?
For part (c) we use the fact from part (a) once cm^3 of zinc has has 6.603*10^22 atoms in it. So that mean an individual zinc atom has a volume of 6.603*10^-22 cm^3. Is this right?