Input interpretation
niobium pentoxide | molecular mass
Result
Find the molecular mass, m, for niobium pentoxide: 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: Nb_2O_5 Use the chemical formula to count the number of atoms, N_i, for each element: | N_i Nb (niobium) | 2 O (oxygen) | 5 Look up the atomic mass, m_i, in unified atomic mass units, u, for each element in the periodic table: | N_i | m_i/u Nb (niobium) | 2 | 92.90637 O (oxygen) | 5 | 15.999 Multiply N_i by m_i to compute the mass for each element. Then sum those values to compute the molecular mass, m: Answer: | | | N_i | m_i/u | mass/u Nb (niobium) | 2 | 92.90637 | 2 × 92.90637 = 185.81274 O (oxygen) | 5 | 15.999 | 5 × 15.999 = 79.995 m = 185.81274 u + 79.995 u = 265.808 u
Unit conversions
265.808 Da (daltons)
0.265808 kDa (kilodaltons)
4.4138×10^-22 grams
4.4138×10^-25 kg (kilograms)
265.82 chemical atomic mass units (unit officially deprecated)
265.892 physical atomic mass units (unit officially deprecated)
Comparisons as mass of molecule
≈ 0.37 × molecular mass of fullerene ( ≈ 721 u )
≈ 1.4 × molecular mass of caffeine ( ≈ 194 u )
≈ 4.5 × molecular mass of sodium chloride ( ≈ 58 u )
Corresponding quantities
Relative atomic mass A_r from A_r = m_aN_A/M_u: | 266
Molar mass M from M = m_aN_A: | 266 g/mol (grams per mole)
Relative molecular mass M_r from M_r = m_mN_A/M_u: | 266
Molar mass M from M = m_mN_A: | 266 g/mol (grams per mole)