General Chemistry 10th Edition

Published by Cengage Learning
ISBN 10: 1-28505-137-8
ISBN 13: 978-1-28505-137-6

Chapter 1 - Chemistry and Measurement - Questions and Problems - Page 36: 1.101

Answer

These samples are not a compound of iron and oxygen.

Work Step by Step

Strategy: For these samples of oxygen and iron to represent the same compound, the mass percentage of iron and/or mass percentage of oxygen in each sample, should be equal or similar (within experimental error). Therefore, we have to calculate the mass percentage of iron and /or oxygen for each of the samples: Sample A : mass percentage iron = $\frac{Iron ( mass)}{Sample A (mass)}\times100$ = $\frac{1.094 g}{1.518 g}\times100$ = 72.07% Sample B : mass percentage iron = $\frac{Iron ( mass)}{Sample A (mass)}\times100$ = $\frac{1.449 g}{2.056 g}\times100$ = 70.48% Sample C : mass percentage iron = $\frac{Iron ( mass)}{Sample A (mass)}\times100$ = $\frac{1.335 g}{1.873 g}\times100$ = 71.28% Mass percentage of iron is different in samples A, B, and C, therefore these samples are not a compound of iron and oxygen.
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