Two sodium (Na) atoms
One sulphur (S) atom
Four oxygen (O) atoms
So totally 7 atoms are present in a molecule of sodium sulphate.
so4
This is sodium sulphate.
1 formula unit of aluminum sulfate has the formula Al2(SO4)3. So there are 2 atoms of aluminum, 3 atoms of sulfur and 12 atoms of oxygen in 1 formula unit of aluminum sulfate. There are no molecules of aluminum sulfate. They are called formula units.
Full formal set up. 2.88 grams Na2SO4 (1 mole Na2SO4/142.05 grams)(6.022 X 1023/1 mole Na2SO4)(1 mole Na2SO4 atoms/6.022 X 1023) = 0.020 moles of sodium sulfate atoms ------------------------------------------------------( you can see the last two steps are superfluous )
This is a ionic compound too. Sulfur shows +6 in sulfate ion.
It's the salt, sodium sulphate. Na2 = two atoms of sodium SO4 = the sulphate ion, one sulphur and four oxygen atoms.
It's the salt, sodium sulphate. Na2 = two atoms of sodium SO4 = the sulphate ion, one sulphur and four oxygen atoms.
so4
This is sodium sulphate.
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1 formula unit of aluminum sulfate has the formula Al2(SO4)3. So there are 2 atoms of aluminum, 3 atoms of sulfur and 12 atoms of oxygen in 1 formula unit of aluminum sulfate. There are no molecules of aluminum sulfate. They are called formula units.
Full formal set up. 2.88 grams Na2SO4 (1 mole Na2SO4/142.05 grams)(6.022 X 1023/1 mole Na2SO4)(1 mole Na2SO4 atoms/6.022 X 1023) = 0.020 moles of sodium sulfate atoms ------------------------------------------------------( you can see the last two steps are superfluous )
This is a ionic compound too. Sulfur shows +6 in sulfate ion.
Sodium sulfate has the molecular formula Na2SO4. This is because sodium has a net charge of +1 and SO4 has a net charge of -2.
If iron(II), then iron sulfate is FeSO4. This has a single Fe atom per molecule (or two Fe in two molecules). If you have iron(III), then iron sulfate is Fe2(SO4)3. This compound has two iron atoms per molecule (or four Fe in two molecules).
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If you think to aluminium potassium sulfate, AlK(SO4)2.12H2O and considering the hydrate: 48 atoms.