Question

Metal vapor deposition is a process used to deposit a very thin layer of metal on a target substrate. A researcher puts a glass slide in the metal vapor deposition chamber and coats the slide with copper. After deposition, the glass slide had increased in mass by 2.26 milligrams. Approximately how many copper atoms were deposited on the glass slide

Answer 1

2.14x10¹⁹ atoms of Cu were deposited

Step-by-step explanation:

The increased in mass of the glass slide is due the deposition of copper.

That means the mass of copper deposited is 2.26mg = 2.26x10⁻³g Cu

To know the copper atoms we need to convert this mass to moles of Cu using molar mass of copper (63.546g/mol), and these moles are converted to atoms using Avogadro's number (6.022x10²³ atoms = 1 mole)

Moles Cu:

2.26x10⁻³g Cu * (1 mol / 63.546g) = 3.556x10⁻⁵ moles Cu

Atoms Cu:

3.556x10⁻⁵ moles Cu * (6.022x10²³ atoms / 1 mole) =

2.14x10¹⁹ atoms of Cu were deposited