So.. I will do 12.8/6.023 x 10**23= 2,125 x 10-23
-> 2e >>>> X 2-
No, I'll walk you through it:
The mass of 1 atom (of element X) is given.
Molar mass is the mass of 1 mol (6.022 x 10
23) atoms.
So the molar mass= mass of 1 atom x (6.022 x 10
23)
Now, we have 12.8g so this means
(12.8/molar mass) mol of element X.
Number of electrons accepted = 4.8176 x 10
23This means:
Number of
mol of electrons accepted = (4.8176 x 10
23)/Avogadro's number)
Dividing the value above by amount of element X (underlined) gives the number of electrons (in mol) accepted by each mol of element X
As AWK exaplined originally this is the same as the charge on the X ion.
Hope that Helps