Chemistry: Molecular Approach (4th Edition)

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ISBN 13: 978-0-13411-283-1

Chapter 2 - Exercises - Page 82: 114

Answer

\[1.47\,\,cm\]

Work Step by Step

The molar mass of copper is 63.5 g/mol . Thus, the mass of copper containing\[1.14\,\times \,{{10}^{24}}\,atoms\] is calculated as: \[\begin{align} & 1\,\,mol\,\,\,Cu\,\,=\,\,63.5\,\,g \\ & 1\,\,mol\,\,Cu\,\,=\,\,6.022\,\times \,{{10}^{23}}\ \ Cu\,\,atoms \\ & Thus,\,\,\,6.022\,\times \,{{10}^{23}}\ \ Cu\,\,atoms\,\,=\,\,63.5\,\,g \\ & \,\,\Rightarrow 1.14\,\times \,{{10}^{24}}\,\,Cu\,\,atoms\,\,=\,\,63.5\,\,g\,\,\times \,\frac{1.14\,\times \,{{10}^{24}}\,\,Cu\,\,atoms}{\,6.022\,\times \,{{10}^{23}}\ \ Cu\,\,atoms\,\,} \\ & \,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,=\,\,120.2\,g \\ \end{align}\] Calculate the volume of copper as: \[\begin{align} & \,\,\,\,density\,\,=\,\,\frac{mass}{volume} \\ & \Rightarrow volume\,\,=\,\frac{mass}{density} \\ \end{align}\] Substitute density of copper \[=8.96\ g/c{{m}^{3}}\] and mass of copper = 120.2 g in the above expression as: \[volume\,\,=\,\,\frac{120.2\,\,g}{8.96\,\,g/c{{m}^{3}}}\,\,=\,13.41\ c{{m}^{3}}\] As copper atom is spherical, the volume of a copper atom is given by: \[\begin{align} & \left( \frac{4}{3} \right)\prod {{r}^{3}}\,\,\,13.41\,\,c{{m}^{3}} \\ & {{r}^{3}}\,\,\,\,=\,\,\frac{13.41\,\,c{{m}^{3}}\,\,\times \,\,\frac{3}{4}}{\prod } \\ & r\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,=\,\,\sqrt[3]{\frac{13.41\,\,c{{m}^{3}}\,\,\times \,\,\frac{3}{4}}{\prod }} \\ & r\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,=\,\,1.47\,cm \\ \end{align}\] The radius of a pure copper sphere containing \[1.14\,\times \,{{10}^{24}}\,atoms\]is 1.41 cm.
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