These are a couple of questions i must submit to a prof. If someone could look over them and make sure that the steps/answers (in significant figures) are correct that would be much appreciated. If there are mistakes an explanation as to why and a possible correction would be very helpful. Many thanks in advance.
I.
Q: a cube of osmium metal 1.500 cm on a side has a mass of 76.31 g at 25 degrees celcius. What is the density in g/cm
3 at this temperature?
A:
(1) volume of cube : (1.500)
3 = 3.375cm
3(2) Density = mass/volume
= 76.31 g/3.375 cm
3= 22.61g/cm
3Therefore, the density of osmium metal at 25 C is 22.61 g/cm
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II.
Calculate the number of grams of sulphuric acid in 0.500L of battery acid if the solution has a density of 1.28g/mL and is 38.1% sulphuric acid by mass.
A:
(1) Convert L to mL = 500 mL of battery acid
(2) D = m/V => m = D x V
(3) m = D x V
= 1.28 g/mL x 500 mL
= 640 g
(4) mass of Solution is 38.1% sulphuric acid ; therefore 38.1% of 640g =(approx.) 243.85 g
Therefore, the number of grams of sulphuric acid is 243.85