Chemistry for Engineering Students
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ISBN: 9781337398909
Author: Lawrence S. Brown, Tom Holme
Publisher: Cengage Learning
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Chapter 3, Problem 3.77PAE
3.77 Answer each of the following questions. Note that none of
them should require difficult calculations.
(a) How many molecules are present in 1 mole of octane
(C4H18)?
(b) How many moles of fluorine atoms are present in 4
moles of C2F6?
(c) What is the approximate mass (to the nearest gram) of
3 × 1023 carbon atoms?
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