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How many moles are in 80.0g of sodium chloride (NaCl)

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Answer:

1.37 mol NaCl

Step-by-step explanation:

Hi!

For this one, you are given a mass (in grams) of NaCl, 80.0.

To convert this to moles, you have to do a mass-to-mole calculation, where you use the molar mass of NaCl.

Na's m.m. is 22.99 g/mol

Cl's m.m. is 35.45 g/mol

1(22.99 g/mol) + 1(35.45 g/mol) = 58.44 g/mol => here is the molar mass of NaCl.

Here's the setup for the conversion:

g(mol/g) - we are flipping g/mol to mol/g to get mol on top (since we are looking for the # of mol) and g on the bottom to cancel out the g unit.

80.0 g NaCl(1 mol NaCl/58.44 g NaCl) = 80.0 / 58.44 = 1.37 mol NaCl.

I hope this helped!

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