Question

Sean plated an unknown metal onto his silver ring which initially weighed 1.4 g. He constructs an electrolytic cell using his ring as one of the electrodes. After running the cell, 0.022 moles of the unknown metal was plated onto his ring and the mass of the ring increased to 3.137 g. What is the atomic weight of the unknown metal in g/mol

Answer 1

79 g/mol

Step-by-step explanation:

Mass of unknown metal deposited = 3.137 g - 1.4 g = 1.737 g

Number of moles of metal deposited = 0.022 moles

Since;

Number of moles = reacting mass/molar mass

Molar mass = reacting mass/number of moles

Molar mass = 1.737 g/0.022 moles

Molar mass= 79 g/mol