How many moles of calcium are in 15.5 g calcium chloride?

Answer 1

If grams/molar mass=moles, then first the molar mass of the compound must be found. CaCl2 has a molar mass of 110.984. Divide the number of grams, 15.5, by 110.984, and you get the number of moles. Now, seeing as calcium is not diatomic like oxygen or chlorine, there needs to be no conversion between the number of moles of calcium in the compound and the number of moles of calcium outside of the compound. atoms, the number of calcium atoms in the compound divided by one mole of the compound will give us the ratio. Conveniently enough, that ratio is one calcium atom per molecule of calcium chloride, meaning that for every one mole of calcium chloride, 1 mole of pure calcium can be extracted. So once you find the number of mole of CaCl2, that is the number of moles of calcium as well. This may be a little difficult to grasp, but I'm sure that your teacher, if you're a student, will be able to explain why rather well.