Input interpretation
nickel carbonyl | molar mass
Result
Find the molar mass, M, for nickel carbonyl: M = sum _iN_im_i Plan: • Write the chemical formula and gather atomic masses from the periodic table. • Determine values for N_i and m_i using these items. • Finally, compute the mass. Write the chemical formula: Ni(CO)_4 Use the chemical formula to count the number of atoms, N_i, for each element: | N_i C (carbon) | 4 Ni (nickel) | 1 O (oxygen) | 4 Look up the atomic mass, m_i, in g·mol^(-1) for each element in the periodic table: | N_i | m_i/g·mol^(-1) C (carbon) | 4 | 12.011 Ni (nickel) | 1 | 58.6934 O (oxygen) | 4 | 15.999 Multiply N_i by m_i to compute the mass for each element. Then sum those values to compute the molar mass, M: Answer: | | | N_i | m_i/g·mol^(-1) | mass/g·mol^(-1) C (carbon) | 4 | 12.011 | 4 × 12.011 = 48.044 Ni (nickel) | 1 | 58.6934 | 1 × 58.6934 = 58.6934 O (oxygen) | 4 | 15.999 | 4 × 15.999 = 63.996 M = 48.044 g/mol + 58.6934 g/mol + 63.996 g/mol = 170.733 g/mol
Unit conversion
0.17073 kg/mol (kilograms per mole)
Comparisons
≈ ( 0.24 ≈ 1/4 ) × molar mass of fullerene ( ≈ 721 g/mol )
≈ 0.88 × molar mass of caffeine ( ≈ 194 g/mol )
≈ 2.9 × molar mass of sodium chloride ( ≈ 58 g/mol )
Corresponding quantities
Mass of a molecule m from m = M/N_A: | 2.8×10^-22 grams | 2.8×10^-25 kg (kilograms) | 171 u (unified atomic mass units) | 171 Da (daltons)
Relative molecular mass M_r from M_r = M_u/M: | 171