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How many grams of Br are in 105 g CaBrz?

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Answer: I hope this helps 0w0

Step-by-step explanation:

Explanation:

In order to figure out how many grams of bromine you get in that many grams of calcium bromide,

CaBr

2

, you must find the compound's percent composition.

To do that, use the fact that one mole of calcium bromide contains

one mole of calcium cations,

Ca

2

+

two moles of bromide anions,

2

×

Br

You can thus us the molar mass of calcium bromide and the molar mass of bromine to determine how many grams of bromine you get per

100 g

of calcium bromide.

The two molar mass are

For CaBr

2

:

M

M

=

199.89 g mol

1

For Br:

M

M

=

79.904 g mol

1

So, two moles of bromide anions for every one mole of calcium bromide will give you a percent composition of

2

×

79.904

g mol

1

199.89

g mol

1

×

100

=

79.95% Br

This means that every

100 g

of calcium bromide will contain

79.95 g

of elemental bromine in the form of bromide cations.

All you have to do now is use this percent composition as a conversion factor to determine how many grams of bromine you get in that

195-g

sample of calcium bromide

195

g CaBr

2

79.95% Br

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79.95 g Br

100

g CaBr

2

=

¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯

a

a

156 g Br

a

a

−−−−−−−−−−−−

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