Question

Calculate the amount of moles equal to 50.0 g of barium
Please show your work

Answer 1

We will use dimensional analysis to solve this.

We will need the molar mass of barium, which is 137.33 g/mol.

50g ×
`(1 mol)/(137.33g)` = .36 mol Ba

There are .36 moles of barium in 50g of barium