Formula units

In the older literature, C is the concentration in equivalents per liter. The volume of the solution in cubic centimeters per equivalent is equal to 1000/C, and A = 1000 k/C, the units employed in Table 8.32 cm equiv ]. The formula unit used in expressing the concentration must be specified ... 

Since the monomers are specified to be vinyl monomers, each contributes two carbon atoms to the polymer backbone, with the associated extended length of 0.252 nm per repeat unit. Therefore the total extended length of the empirical formula unit is... 

Anhydrous magnesium nitrate [10377-60-3] Mg(N02)2, is very difficult to isolate. The commercial product is the deUquescent hexahydrate [13446-18-9] Mg(N02)2 6H20. As illustrated in the solubiUty curve in Figure 7, the hexahydrate is the stable soHd phase between —18 and 55—56°C. Properties are given in Table 17 (1 4). The unit ceU contains two formula units and the calculated density is 1.643 g/cm. ... 

The eiTor of oxygen eontents determination by using method of iodometrie titration is around 0.02 on formula unit. 

The muffin-tin potential around each atom in the unit cell has been calculated in the framework of the Local-Spin-Density-Approximation using the ASW method. The ASW method uses the atomic sphere approximation (ASA), i.e. for each atom a sphere radius is chosen such that the sum of the volumes of all the overlapping spheres equals the unit cell volume. The calculation yields the expected ferromagnetic coupling between Cr and Ni. From the self-consistent spin polarized DOS, partial and total magnetic moment per formula unit can be computed. The calculated total magnetic moment is 5.2 pg in agreement with the experimental value (5.3 0.1 e calculations presented here have been performed... 

In order to determine electrode corrosion quantitatively, Adzic et al. [43], used the following approach. The H content of the charged electrode, expressed as the number of H atoms, n, per formula unit, was calculated from Qimx by the Faraday equation, Eq.(12),... 

There four formula units in the hexagonal C14 unit cell... 

X fraction of Mn4+ ions missing in Mn sublattice of Mn02 fraction of O per formula unit in y - Mn02 II. 1... 

The chemical formula of an ionic compound shows the ratio of the numbers of atoms of each element present in one formula unit. A formula unit of an ionic compound is a group of ions with the same number of atoms of each element as appears in its formula. 

Ionic compounds are named by starting with the name of the cation (with its oxidation number if more than one charge is possible), followed by the name of the anion hydrates are named by adding the word hydrate, preceded by a Greek prefix indicating the number of water molecules in the formula unit. 

To be unambiguous when using moles, we must be specific about which entities (that is, which atoms, molecules, formula units, or ions) we mean. For example, hydrogen occurs naturally as a gas, with each molecule built from two atoms, which is why it is denoted H2. We write 1 mol H if we mean hydrogen atoms or 1 mol H2 if we mean hydrogen molecules. Note that 1 mol H2 corresponds to 2 mol H. 

The molar mass of a molecular compound is the mass per mole of its molecules. The molar mass of an ionic compound is the mass per mole of its formula units. 

Self-Test E.5B Calculate the amount of Ca(OH)2 formula units in 1.00 kg of slaked lime (calcium hydroxide), which is used to adjust the acidity of soils. 

Molar mass is important when we need to know the number of atoms in a sample. It would be impossible to count out 6 X ID23 atoms of an element, but it is very easy to measure out a mass equal to the molar mass of the element in grams. Each of the samples shown in Fig. E.2 was obtained in this way each sample contains the same number of atoms of the element (6.022 X 1023), but the masses vary because the masses of the atoms are different (Fig. E.4). The same rule applies to compounds. Flence, if we measure out 58.44 g of sodium chloride, we obtain a sample that contains 1.000 mol NaCl formula units (Fig. E.5). 

FIGURE E.5 Each sample contains 1 mol of formula units of an ionic compound. From left to right are 58 g of sodium chloride (NaCl), 100 g of calcium carbonate (CaCO,), 278 g of iron(ll) sulfate heptahydrate (FeS04-7H.0), and 78 g of sodium peroxide (Na. O,). 

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