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Consider 9.00 mol of liquid water. A) What volume is occupied by this amount of

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Question

Consider 9.00 mol of liquid water.

A) What volume is occupied by this amount of water? The molar mass of water is 18.0

g/mol.

B) Imagine the molecules to be, on average, uniformly spaced, with each molecule at the center of a small cube. What is the length of an edge of each small cube if adjacent cubes touch but don't overlap?

C) How does this distance compare with the diameter of a molecule?

How does this distance compare with the diameter of a molecule?

The distance is far larger than the diameter The distance is smaller They are comparable

Explanation / Answer

The mass 9.00 gram of water is 9.00 x 18 gram = 162 gram
Since the density is 1.00 g/cm3 by definition, the volume of this water is 162 cm3.

9.00 moles contains 9.00 x 6.01 E 23 molecules = 5.40 E 24 molecules.
So each molecule needs 162 cm3 / 5.40 E 24 space =3*10^24
So their average distance is the third root of it, being 31 nanometer. I do not know the size of a water molecule. It should be a little be less then 31 nm.

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